Posted on 07/09/2010 1:48:40 PM PDT by Borges
After a meeting with gay and lesbian activists on Thursday, NBC's "Today" show said it is changing the rules for its annual wedding contest to allow same-sex couples to apply for a ceremony conducted on morning TV.
NBC extended the deadline for applications until Monday. Already thousands of couples have expressed interest in the on-air wedding, which the top-rated morning show has sponsored for a decade, a spokeswoman said.
"We're thrilled that `Today' show's `Modern Wedding Contest' now recognizes what most fair-minded Americans have already concluded — a wedding celebrates love and commitment, whether the spouses are straight or gay," said Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
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It’s been years since I have watched that libfest. Years.
I never said that the FCC should ban it. The board of directors and their “people” in the internal “standards and practices” department should.
It is deviancy and those who founded the networks would be sickened at what is promoted by the networks today.
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