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The Banned UCC Ad
There's lots of good commentary on the CBS/NBC refusal to run the church ad that dares to think gays and lesbians should be allowed in their church. First two Quakers, then a political commentator, the a list of links.
Kenneth Sutton at Home Fries: "It's such a subtle ad (about including gays) that any media calling it sensitive material is totally outrageous."
Joe Guada at Beppeblog: "I'm unclear how an ad that suggests that God is still speaking or that this particular denomination wants to reach out to people who feel alienated from organized religion is too controversial."
Joshua Micah Marshall at Talking Points Memo is asking good questions from a political angle. He also got through to a CBS spokesperson to get their (not very satisfying) explanation of the policy.
Ex-Gay Watch has a good list of artcles on this too (I found this because one of the links is to Quaker Ranter).
Kudos to the United Church of Christ for this great outreach campaign--this is such good witnessing.
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Just saw the ad on TV here on a Canadian station, and it's pretty well done. Production quality isn't fantastic, but the bouncers and the rabble... the message is pretty solid and obvious. The thing that kills me is that there are two people of the same sex with their arms around each other. They're not wearing leather and spikes or appear in any way stereotypically scary to your average conservative. They're simply touching one another.
> They’re not wearing leather and spikes or appear in any way
> stereotypically scary to your average conservative.
The one thing to remember is that it wasn't a outcry by conservatives that kept the ad off the air: it was the fear of an outcry. This was CBS and NBC self-censoring themselves out of concern for what might happen if they didn't. We'll never know whether there fears were justified and whether there really would have been a public outcry. The ad is a lot less titillating and suggestive than an episode of _Will and Grace_.
i caught the commercial for the first time, during break of the daily show. i originally thought they had their target audience picked out, but i have seen it a few times since. i was struck by the insinuations of our church is welcoming to homosexuals and minorities. people go where they are comfortable, my mainline protestant church should admit they found that out after their commercial plugs.
intersting note thay the spot was pulled without any actual outcry.. certainly the major networks have put more risky content over the airwaves.. is it that they just don't want to get involved in any church issues? that might mean they have to teach more about the church.
side note: it's nice to read thoughts from a fellow south jersian (is that a word..it is now)