KABC-TV Refuses to Air TV Ad About Gay Families

In a pique of moral conservatism, a Los Angeles television station, KABC-TV, refused to air an ad from the pro-marriage equality group, GetToKnowMeFirst.org, claiming the material in the ad was not suitable for “family viewing.”

GetToKnowMeFirst.org was created to promote marriage equality in California in the wake of Prop 8’s passage. The group has created a series of ads that push the message that “Marriage promotes family, so support marriage equality”. GetToKnowMeFirst ran these ads in 48 of California’s 50 counties where Prop 8 received more than 50% of the vote on election day, in an effort to change California voters’ minds about what is really at stake in the fight for marriage equality.

The one and only television station in all of California that refused to run this ad during yesterday’s Inaugural festivities? KABC-TV.

KABC has claimed that the ad – which calls for no political/electoral action whatsoever – was not aired because it was “controversial” for “family viewing”. The ad features two African American gay men living in Los Angeles and raising five kids.

This is not the first time that ABC-TV has refused to air ads from that carry social/political content. Back in October, Al Gore’s group, the Alliance for Climate Protection, tried and failed to get an ad run on ABC-TV following a Presidential Debate. In that ad, the Alliance referred to “Big Oil”. However, ABC-TV had no problem running an ad – during that same time slot – by a major member of Big Oil: Chevron.

I live out in Chicago, so I am not “blessed” enough to get to see the wonderful programming offered by KABC-TV out in L.A. But it seems to this observer that KABC-TV has an agenda here; social liberalism is out: conservative corporatism is in.

You tell me: do the families in the video seem to be a threat to KABC-TV’s viewing audience? If so, then just who the hell is KABC-TV’s viewing audience?

Source: hottopics.gay.com