Years ago at one of the radio stations I work for the gal doing the weeknight requsts for lovers show took a call from a guy wanting to dedicate a song to his guy lover.
If I had been doing the show, which I oftn did...(BLEAYUCH!) I would have taken the call and said something like we’ll get to it if we can.
But the gal got confrontational and to make a long story short there were lawsuits that went on for years but eventually we lost. The gal had to go on the air, apologize, put the couple on the air and play whatever they wanted.
It was a set up! I knew that and would have handled it differently. Maybe it was a slow night for her but I doubt it. I often got well over 200 calls in the three or five hours of the show. Yes sometimes more than a call a minute! Obviously your chances of being on the air were slim no matter what your...persusion!
We had serious callers wanting to dedicate songs and declare their love for pets, plants, dead relatives and more! I threatened to rent a hall to get listeners together so I could lecture them that the show was background. If you were cuddling close and generating body heat we’d set the mood for you and your sweetie. No pets, plants, buildings or dead relatives!
Same sex couples...unless the names were ambiguous... would not make the air.
That story really does reek of a set up. The gay couple was lucky the girl got confrontational: She bit the bait, unfortunately.
I had something similar happen to me a couple of years ago. I was working at a college and had a small group of underprivileged high school kids, and the hs counselor had me talk to them about what programs we had to offer. I told them about our programs, transfer rate, and other activities. Then the counsellor asked me about groups, I then I replied that we had many organizations: Christian Fellowship, Black Student Union, and Latinos Unidos. “Any other clubs?”, she asked frustratingly, I then got the vibe that she wanted me to mention the gay group on campus, but being a practicing Catholic I don’t endorse the gay lifestyle to others because it goes agaisnt my beliefs so I responded, “Oh I forgot we have a Pro Life club here!”
Needless to say after my talk she confronted me and asked me why I didn’t plug the gay club, I responded that I forgot we had one. Then she laid into me saying that maybe some of her students were struggling with coming out and that I was doing a disservice by not mentioning it. I responded to her that we had many clubs and sometimes it’s hard to keep track of them, and that if any of her students were interested in our clubs that they could visit the website. She stormed away after that comment, and I thanked God that I got to keep my job and not get reported by the gay mafia for a “hate crime.”
These people are horrible because they are ashamed of themselves and their lifestyle - they will use intimdation, tryanny, and fear to have others “celebrate” their lifestyle. Won’t let us get married? We’ll force your church to marry us. Don’t want to bake us a wedding cake? Then we’ll tear your business down. Don’t want to endorse our lifestyle in the workplace? Then we’ll make damn sure you lose your job. The forceful celebration of homosexuality that is being wrought on us by the gay community and their allies aims to destroy traditional values and in the end anyone that doesn’t agree with them. This is very scary.