Posted on 06/21/2005 8:46:10 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
Three major cable providers are buying into the launch of two new homosexual cable networks that will air homosexual programming around the clock for the first time in U.S. television history.
In April, Comcast and Cox Communications agreed to offer the homosexual network "Here," put out by Regent Entertainment through their video-on-demand offerings. Viacom will offer its own advertiser-supported homosexual network, "LOGO," as a basic cable channel starting on June 30.
"I don't think most parents want their children flipping channels on their way to the Cartoon Network and running across a scene of two men kissing in bed on the LOGO network," said American Family Association president Tim Wildmon. "Most of us have enough to explain to our children nowadays."
Wildmon also sees potential for late-night programming on the networks to turn pornographic in nature. "The very nature of homosexuality is based on eroticism and infatuation with sex," Wildmon said. "This programming will be targeted to a group of people who define themselves by their sexual behavior, and one can expect the gay networks to follow the trend in offensive late-night programming such as we saw with NYPD Blue, only in a more deviant homosexual context.
"The gay and lesbian networks are geared toward mainstream homosexuals who view sexuality and define pornography very differently from the majority of mainstream Americans."
The New York Times reported that Viacom's LOGO network already has access to 10 million homes and is supported in advertising by Orbitz, Subaru and Paramount Pictures.
"We will hold accountable companies who sponsor this type of offensive heavy-duty homosexual content," Wildmon said. "This type of programming invading cable reinforces the need for a la carte choices instead of forcing people to pay for a 24-hour homosexual network."
I can't argue with that. I do enjoy some of the b movies and older movies you don't see very often, but I take a pass on a lot of it's offerings.
I fell into the pitfall of watching lots of TV, and network news. I am a changed person. I only watch news, selected programs, and now have a life. My teenage kids have got lots to keep them busy with one, college life, and the other one has band competitions.
LOL, we live in the middle of the Media district in Burbank, Ca. Walking distance from NBC 4, Warner Bros, ABC. Many other outlets are close driving distances. I love the location I live in, my husband works for a major studio here. I just have removed myself from absorbing what they market.
My life is now more fulfilling.
I've always liked your screen name.
I've owned a working TV for maybe one or two years total in the last 35 years. It's just never been a part of my life - and since I grew up in the 50s, it wasn't part of my childhood much either.
Not that I didn't have other unsavory influences!
There's so much else to do in life besides sit and absorb TV radiation and content. Never enough time, actually!
I grew up in the 50's amd 60's too. TV has been expanding over the past decades. It is ashame. There is so much more to life.
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