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Showing Original Post only (View all)Mormon owned KSL TV refuses to air gay themed sitcom "The New Normal" [View all]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
NBCs "The New Normal" wont air on KSL this fall. The prospect of two gay men having a baby proved too much for the LDS Church-owned station.
"From time to time we may struggle with content that crosses the line in one area or another," said Jeff Simpson, CEO of KSLs parent company, Bonneville International. "The dialogue might be excessively rude and crude. The scenes may be too explicit or the characterizations might seem offensive."
Read more: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/54759750-80/ksl-nbc-normal-gay.html.csp
This is the business arm of the homophobic cult of mormonism that Mitt Romney and thousands of others contribute billions of dollars in tithing to every year. We need to send a strong message in November that this pathetic Cult and the Republican Party are on the wrong side of history. The cult also needs to lose their religious tax exemption for their past political activity.
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Mormon owned KSL TV refuses to air gay themed sitcom "The New Normal" [View all]
Stainless
Aug 2012
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I don't even get their standards. They had no problem airing Will & Grace.
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2012
#3
50,000 Mormon closet cases are feeling deeply conflicted about this tonight...
Ken Burch
Aug 2012
#7
Yes, I think it's time to end the tax-free status for churches that are run like
Cleita
Aug 2012
#19
I'd love to see someone in Utah file a suit against the station and Mormon Church
davidpdx
Aug 2012
#21
+1. I say the networks should just not contract with religious-owned broadcast companies.
alp227
Aug 2012
#39
somewhere between 10-20% of mormons in salt lake will be really bummed out by this...
trailmonkee
Aug 2012
#37