Tag Archives: ABC

One Million Moms Vs Mistresses

Just in via email: Joe, “Mistresses” season premiere aired on ABC this week and the name says it all. I suppose the name “Living in Sin” didn’t sound as appealing. The program “Mistresses” includes inappropriate content such as adultery, cheating, lies and deceit in explicit and sensually graphic scenes. Our society doesn’t need more negative influences than it already has …

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Robin Roberts On Coming Out

“Shortly after I posted about my relationship with Amber on Facebook last year, I showed a picture of us with my niece — who’d gotten married in Baton Rouge, LA — on GMA. It was like a beautiful family picture. I was so moved that people got it and said, ‘You’re happy.’ Others, though, were asking, ‘Why didn’t you say …

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New Poll: Record Support For Marriage

Via ABC News: Half of all Americans believe that gay men and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll in which a large majority also said businesses should not be able to deny serving gays for religious reasons. Fifty percent say the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection gives gays the right …

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ABC’s Bachelor Apologizes

Yesterday Juan Pablo Galvais, the most recent star of ABC’s The Bachelor, declared that gay people are perverts and shouldn’t be around kids. Aaaand here comes his apology. Via GLAAD: I have heard from many gay Latinos today who are hurt because of what I said and I apologize. I know gay parents and I support them and their families. …

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One Million Moms Vs ABC’s The Fosters

 Just in via email: Joe – ABC Family’s show “The Fosters” is about two women attempting to redefine marriage while also raising foster, adopted and biological children. New episodes will continue to air on Monday evenings at 9:00pm ET/8:00pm CT. In addition, frequent promos are airing for this series during primetime and during G rated programs on multiple channels. These …

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The First Lady Tweets Robin Roberts

The “mo” indicates that the tweet was personally written by Michelle Obama and not a staffer.

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ABC Host Robin Roberts Comes Out

Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts came out publicly today in a message posted to her Facebook page, where she thanked her girlfriend, Amber Laign. Roberts has been out to her family, friends and co-workers for years, but this is the first time she’s publicly acknowledged her sexuality. “I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, …

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One Million Moms Vs Mistresses

“Dear Joe, Keep up the great work! Almost every single sponsor that One Million Moms contacted in our previous campaign decided to no longer sponsor Mistresses. Their ads were not present in the last episode. The most recent episode included a scene at a strip club where three people leave hand-in-hand, one a dancer, insinuating a three-some. The episode ends …

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NEW YORK: ABC News Editor Blames Transgender Reversal On Amnesia

Right wing sites such as World Net Daily and the Washington Times are trumpeting the strange story of ABC News editor Don Ellis, who tells the New York Post today that he is no longer a transgender woman named Dawn.  Because it was amnesia that made him no longer believe he should be a woman. He thought he was a …

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How The Networks Covered DOMA News

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OMM Vs ABC’s The Mistresses

“Dear Joe, Keep up the great work! Almost every single sponsor that One Million Moms contacted in our previous campaign decided to no longer sponsor “Mistresses.” Olive Garden, Chili’s, Geico, Applebee’s and Jergens have pulled their ads from this provocative ABC program. Their ads were not present in the last two episodes. Lexus and Taco Bell (YUM Brands) are the …

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Standing Up For Trans Teenagers

ABC’s hidden camera show What Would You Do? examined the reactions of fellow shoppers as a trans teenager was confronted by a her (actor) father in prom shop. (Via Zack Ford @ Think Progress)

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OMM Vs The Mistresses

“Dear Joe, ABC continues to produce inappropriate programs, and plans to add to that growing list. We have already contacted sister network ABC Family concerning the new show The Fosters, and now we need to let ABC know of our disapproval of their newest program Mistresses. One character even gets involved with another woman. A show full of adultery, cheating …

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ACLU To ABC: Have Cam & Mitch Marry

The ACLU is prodding ABC to have the gay characters on Modern Family get married. Having two main characters in a wildly popular show get married would put the issue of marriage equality in living rooms across the country and generate conversations about the importance of allowing same-sex couples to marry – the kinds of conversations that we know change …

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New ABC Poll Reveals Broad Support On Multiple LGBT-Related Issues

ABC News reports on their latest poll: Backing is widest and deepest for Collins, with 68 percent of Americans saying they support the NBA center’s decision to announce his sexual orientation. Those who “strongly” support his step outnumber his strong critics by a 3-1 margin. A substantial 63 percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, also …

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Jason Collins On Good Morning America

Jason Collins appeared on Good Morning America today. Sitting down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for his first interview since coming out in a Sports Illustrated editorial published on Monday, Collins admitted that he finds it “kind of mind-boggling” that he became the first active openly gay athlete in major U.S.team sports. “I never set out to be the first,” Collins …

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Marriage Support Hits Record High

ABC News reports: Support for gay marriage reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade. Fifty-eight percent of Americans now say it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed. That number has grown sharply in ABC News/Washington Post polls, from …

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ABC Buys How To Survive A Plague For Possible Mini-Series Development

Rights to the Oscar-nominated How To Survive A Plague have been purchased by ABC with the intent of turning the gripping documentary into a mini-series. France’s widely acclaimed doc, which he co-wrote and directed, focuses on two coalitions — ACT UP and Treatment Action Group (TAG) — whose activism and innovation helped turn AIDS from a death sentence into a …

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Tony Perkins Vs George Will

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One Million Moms Explains How They “Forced” ABC To Cancel 666 Park Avenue

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