Posted on 07/10/2010 12:12:37 PM PDT by TaraP
NBC's `Today' show changes rules to allow same-sex couples to apply for on-the-air wedding.
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.
Viewers plan every aspect of the wedding, from the cake to the clothing styles of attendants. NBC picks four couples from thousands of applicants, and viewers vote on which of those couples will participate.
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What will happen is their already sagging ratings will plummet off of the cliff. Once the producers of the show see this they may take the whole marriage segment off in order to save what little ratings are left.
Now that’s funny, right there!
Is there anything on NBC worth watching?
Yes, Chuck. But I haven't watch any of NBC's "news" or morning shows for years.
I wont see it because i dont watch network TV much. Amazing Race, that’s about it. I get my fill of gays just on that show
Although watching two men kiss at a wedding should work better than Epicac.
Although watching two men kiss at a wedding should work better than Ipecac.
I can get them even better ratings....I want to marry my goat! (or dog, or sisters, or mom, or cart of vegetables....)
So fair minded equals idiot. Thought so too...
(It was really a rhetorical question)
Creepy...
Boy they must be planning to even drop further in the ratings!
I have not watched any news on any tv for years. Get if all from the net.
I'm sure it will be a FABULOUS wedding!
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