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For the people of Michigan and beyond
Feb 11 2009, 11:36 PM EST
I received the following email from HRC today. Please take a moment to read and respond to the TV station to let them know how you feel about this.This Saturday – unless we act right now – a Michigan TV station will air a one-hour anti-LGBT propaganda piece designed to "reveal the truth about the radical homosexual agenda." The ultra-right wing American Family Association (AFA) says it produced the 60-minute program to air nation-wide. We need thousands of people to speak out IMMEDIATELY against this paid campaign of lies before the program airs on WOOD-TV, the local NBC station in Grand Rapids, MI. Make no mistake: this is the opening salvo in a coming battle over pro-equality legislation. Just as we are on the cusp of historic change – a federal hate crimes law, protections for LGBT workers against job discrimination – extremist groups like the AFA are launching a well-funded national campaign of hatred and fear to halt our progress. This program recycles familiar lies: that hate crime laws will "do away with our freedom of speech," or that pastors will be "criminalized for sharing the love of Jesus Christ." (In fact, the proposed federal hate crimes law explicitly states that it only applies to violent acts – not speech.) The "anchor" of this faux-news program, which may have already aired in smaller markets, is controversial talk show host Janet Parshall, who in 2006 suggested Matthew Shepard's lifestyle was responsible for his murder and called gay adoption "state-sanctioned child abuse." We cannot let this bigotry go unanswered. We can't let it scare voters, force LGBT people back into a place of shame and hiding, or create an atmosphere of intolerance or hate. If you want to contact the TV station, here is their link: http://www.woodtv.com/subindex/about_us/contact_us 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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shadowgwm |
1. RE: For the people of Michigan and beyond
Feb 11 2009, 11:43 PM EST
If anyone would like to protest on the side walk by WOOD TV's studios, I would be interested in doing so.
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lanpuen |
2. RE: For the people of Michigan and beyond
Feb 12 2009, 12:30 PM EST
I would go with you if I am in the area. Can we arrange any boycott like we did with Coors in the past?Do you have any network to brings LGBTs out there? Do you find this valuable? |
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shadowgwm |
3. RE: For the people of Michigan and beyond
Feb 12 2009, 7:03 PM EST
I'm very happy to say that the show has been canceled locally. I'm sure this is just one of many battles we'll face with the AFA.
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Androgyny |
4. RE: For the people of Michigan and beyond
Feb 13 2009, 12:53 AM EST
I know I should expect these things by now, but I never get used to it. Thanks for keeping us posted, shadow.
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Fanfic_addict01 |
5. RE: For the people of Michigan and beyond
Feb 27 2009, 1:42 PM EST
| Post edited: Feb 27 2009, 1:51 PM EST
Has it been canceled in the rest of the places? Also is there anything we can do to thank pepsi?
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