Don't mention the queers
Those who remember the institutionalised bigotry of Section 28 know that a government that is intent on demonising homosexuality will go to any lengths to do so. But even in the UK it did not become impossible for publicly funded television to even portray queers.
It is pointless to say, yet again, that children are not harmed by being raised by same-sex couples; indeed, quite the opposite. It is pointless to say, yet again, that on a list of our world's problems, marauding homosexuals would have to rank pretty low.
But the chill wind really is a hurricane if the level of censorship has reached the point where gays cannot even be on children's television without raising opprobrium. The programme was not saying "it's okay to be gay". It was not suggesting to the nation's youth that they should all go out and be lesbians. Are these nutters so demented that they really believe that just watching lesbians on television will make all their girls want to give it a go? I fear they are. They seem to believe that children choose their sexuality and that if we simply hide away all mention of gayness, they won't know it's there to choose.
This is what Americans voted for: murder in Iraq, hatred and bigotry at home. What an ugly face they show to the world.
posted by Dr Zen @ 12:05 pm
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