Posted on 12/01/2004 9:16:03 AM PST by AllTheRage
UCC: "CBS, NBC refuse to air church's television advertisement"
December 1, 2004 - According to a UCC press release, CBS and NBC have refused to air the new UCC television advertisement... and predictably, UCC leaders are going nuts.
According to the release, CBS offered this explanation:
"Because this commercial touches on the exclusion of gay couples and other minority groups by other individuals and organizations," reads an explanation from CBS, "and the fact the Executive Branch has recently proposed a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, this spot is unacceptable for broadcast on the [CBS and UPN] networks."
The advertisement is controversial and a little deceiving on a number of levels. It portrays the UCC as an "Open and Affirming" denomination while strongly implying that other churches are not... but even within our own denomination, according to a UCC website, less than 10% of the churches are "Open and Affirming" (500+ out of 6,000). The advertisement goes beyond identifying why the UCC is a good and open church by trying to tag other churches as brutish thugs - and this appears to be the concern of CBS.
Of course, the facts stated in the release don't quite match up to the outrage of Robert Chase (of 'WorldCom scandal' fame) who twists the rejection into some anti-gay thing:
"We find it disturbing that the networks in question seem to have no problem exploiting gay persons through mindless comedies or titillating dramas, but when it comes to a church's loving welcome of committed gay couples, that's where they draw the line."
It's anyone's guess whether the ad campaign will be successful or not, but one fact is certain: The ad is negative and it's message is not representative of the UCC.
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They're liberals masquerading as Christians.
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Okay, I can't say I agree with some of these church's "open and affirming" ideology regarding homosexuals. But, I don't understand why the networks would refuse to run the ad.
yes they are!
Why these half measures? Why not join the Metropolitan Community Church and have done with it?
< /mild sarcasm >
It's simple - the ad blatently portrays other churches as thugs.
LOL!
i.e. "It's Bush's fault that we won't broadcast the ad"
What a bunch of mofo's.
Sounds to me as it's implying that many other churches are not open and affirming to homosexuality. Call me old-fashioned, but I like my church being portrayed that way. : ) Along the same lines, we are neither open or affirming to adultery, muder, thievery, or any other sin.
Backlash.
I really don't see how or why the networks would not run these ads.
A bit odd...especially considering everything else the air :)
Backlash towards what? Aren't these the liberals that they like?
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Right. I mean they can't argue content, since it's the liberal message they promote everywhere else. And it can't be because it's a church considering how often the Church of Latter-Day Saints runs commercials.
One, "our church is open and affirming". Two, "the other churches are bigoted homophobes".
It's the #2 that scared the networks. Which says something. I'll bet a year ago they would have run the ad.
CBS, NBC refuse to air church's television advertisement
Was part 2 said or merely implied?
Viacommie isn't out of the closet yet. Sure they own a Gay/Lesbian channel (called LOGO) and have a lot of pro-homosexual programming on MTV, but they don't want the economic losses they would face from a CBS and UPN boycott.
They are the liberals they can't be seen with.
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