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American Idol accused of homophobia
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Posted on 01/23/2006 1:51:47 PM PST by traumer

American Idol homophobic?

According to entertainment and celebrity website TMZ.com, officials at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) are fuming about the Fox show's attitude toward gay people.

GLAAD is mad about the acerbic comments that Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson made to contestants on the show's debut a few days ago.

"Shave off your beard and wear a dress," Cowell told one would-be contestant, while Jackson asked another male reject, "Are you a girl?".

GLAAD also notes that Ryan Seacrest and Cowell regularly exchange on-air insults, each implying that the other is gay.


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KEYWORDS: again; americanidol; gaystapo; hollywood; homosexualagenda
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To: Deb
The way Cowell treated [fill in name of any tone-deaf singer on the show] was cruel and unnecessary.

The only reason I've watched it was to see Simon slap people around. I know I can't carry a tune in a bucket, but no one could trick me into going on national TV to prove it.

61 posted on 01/23/2006 2:09:40 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Hey Fat Ted: Alito is the judge, Mojito is what you're drinking. Try to remember the difference.)
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To: maggief

WTF?!?!!?


62 posted on 01/23/2006 2:10:32 PM PST by MikefromOhio (The Pot is complaining about the Kettle's complexion....)
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To: maggief

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/384968p-326677c.html

EXCERPT

ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT? YEP! The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is none too pleased with "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson for questioning the gender of 18-year-old contestant Zachary Travis, with his sparkling belt, feminine-looking top and long hair. "Are you a girl?" Jackson asked incredulously on last week's installment. "No, I'm a guy," Travis assured him. That prompted Jackson to persist: "You are?" GLAAD's Damon Romine told Lowdown: "The real offense here was in the producer's decision to add insult to injury by turning his gender expression into the butt of a joke." Alas, Travis' cover of Whitney Houston's "Queen of the Night" failed to earn him a trip to the "Idol" competition.


63 posted on 01/23/2006 2:11:27 PM PST by maggief (Hillary!/Belafonte '08)
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To: MikeinIraq

Didn't you see that kid Mike?

After seeing it, you could understand Simon's question right?


64 posted on 01/23/2006 2:11:41 PM PST by conservativebabe
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To: conservativebabe

now I could yeah....

ouch...

I didn't watch it, but NOW I know what my wife was talking about....


65 posted on 01/23/2006 2:12:21 PM PST by MikefromOhio (The Pot is complaining about the Kettle's complexion....)
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To: TheForceOfOne

66 posted on 01/23/2006 2:14:16 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: conservativebabe
That's a lot of beer for the weekend!

LOL!! Sure is.

67 posted on 01/23/2006 2:15:13 PM PST by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: SirLinksalot
those with half decent voices were not even allowed by the screeners to perform before the judges and some of the terrible weirdos were let in...

Of course.

68 posted on 01/23/2006 2:15:30 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks (If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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To: MikeinIraq
Bring in the Singing Cowboy Duo... :o)
69 posted on 01/23/2006 2:15:30 PM PST by traumer
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To: MikeinIraq

Rejected 'Idol' Contestants
Zachary Travis of Denver auditions for 'American Idol'

Video link:


http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=1&pmmsid=1453679


70 posted on 01/23/2006 2:15:39 PM PST by maggief (Hillary!/Belafonte '08)
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To: MikeinIraq

He/she was something else! Oh man, that was funny!


71 posted on 01/23/2006 2:15:55 PM PST by conservativebabe
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To: traumer

Drivel! Trite drivel!


72 posted on 01/23/2006 2:15:59 PM PST by Doc Savage ("Here's a quarter. Take it. Go downtown and hire some rat to chew that thing off your face!")
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To: All
Anyone who doesn't understand the difference between "phobia" and healthy, natural revulsion, please reply.
73 posted on 01/23/2006 2:16:29 PM PST by unspun (unspun.info | What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
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To: maggief
One picture is worth a thousand words...thanks maggie.

Zachery has a future as a transvestite entertainer in the Chocolate City..

sw

74 posted on 01/23/2006 2:16:29 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: maggief

NO you did NOT just post that! LOL!


75 posted on 01/23/2006 2:16:48 PM PST by conservativebabe
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To: traumer

LOL

yeah but (hehe) at least I can tell which gender those 2 are....


76 posted on 01/23/2006 2:17:20 PM PST by MikefromOhio (The Pot is complaining about the Kettle's complexion....)
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To: maggief

that's just wrong LOL


77 posted on 01/23/2006 2:18:11 PM PST by MikefromOhio (The Pot is complaining about the Kettle's complexion....)
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To: trebb
Simon give some spice to the show

The real "spice" came from the Ukrainian girl who sang Bohemian Rhapsody. I was watching it with my wife, who said, 'my gawd, all she is missing is a poll.'

The funny part was the girl did not understand that they were telling her that her future was in being a stripper, not a singer.

78 posted on 01/23/2006 2:18:25 PM PST by Michael.SF. ('Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada' - Ted Nugent.)
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To: conservativebabe
Ok, ... I didn't.

Yes, I did. :)
79 posted on 01/23/2006 2:19:38 PM PST by maggief (Hillary!/Belafonte '08)
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To: dfwgator

Could be, but I think he's funny.


80 posted on 01/23/2006 2:19:55 PM PST by RockinRight (Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
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