Posted on 01/04/2014 8:19:50 PM PST by NetAddicted
(CNSNews.com) – The two television networks – ABC and NBC – that covered the 2014 Tournament of Roses parade live on Jan. 1 are not saying why the wedding of two men atop the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s float was not part of their programming viewed by more than 60 million people around the world.
When CNSNews.com asked whether the wedding was covered and, if not, why not, ABC’s press office said there would be no official statement about the event and cited technical issues. NBC did not respond to the questions.
ABC ran a news article about the gay wedding on Jan. 1 saying the two homosexual men were “making history.”
“One hundred twenty-five years of tradition collided with change and controversy as the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., today included a gay marriage ceremony on a float,” the article stated. “The theme of the parade was ‘Dreams Come True,’ and they evidently did for Danny LeClair and Aubrey Loots.”
The local paper in Pasadena, Calif., where the parade takes place each year, posted a story online with the headline: TV Stations Cut Away From Gay Marriage During Rose Parade.”
“Did you miss the gay wedding aboard the AIDS Healthcare Foundation float during the 125th Rose Parade?” the Jan. 1 article on the Pasadena Star News website states. “You're not alone.
“Multiple TV stations cut away from the float quickly or entirely during the Wednesday morning live broadcast,” the article stated. “Many took to Twitter to express their feelings about the decision.
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“Don’t you find it ironic that they were aboard the AIDS float?”
I also found that to be a bit counter-intuitive to their desire to show gay marriages as “normal.” They certainly can’t tout it as healthy.
Last year there was a hetero marriage during the parade, and I don’t recall that their float was sponsored by something along the lines of Herpes Awareness or some other such thing.
I didn’t watch and I will never watch again... and it was tradition with my family. They are dead to us.
Didn’t watch because of it, didn’t realize that I didn’t miss it. Don’t care that I could have watched without it.
No.
I think they screwed themselves and people turned it off.
Maybe they just didn’t want to cause mass vomiting breakouts!
Or maybe they have come to the realization that about 97 percent of the population has no interest in or is actively repelled by seeing two men "married" on top of a float.
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