Comments on: Super Bowl ad rejected by LA station

By: Ed Gould

Ed Gould — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:19:14 +0000

Why is anyone surprised at this the NFL is a homophobic group.
They are obviously two faced and hypocrites, get over it people just do not buy anything that the NFL licenses or sells (including tickets).

By: Mickey

Mickey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:12:41 +0000

The football thing is one thing,but the Obama inauguration was worse!
How can they include us in a speech and then ban a simple t.v. ad? Talk about screwed up priorities!
I don’t get it!

By: Sarrellec

Sarrellec — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:27:44 +0000

Once again, we just need to be smarter.
Want to show a positive same-sex couple? Have a same-sex couple in a commercial about beer. Or about vacations. Or just about any other product that would normally be shown during something like the Super Bowl.
Then, it’s not advocacy. It’s good old commercialism AND can be written to fulfill whatever goal gettoknowufirst.org was after.
After all, the Super Bowl showed anti-gay commercials revolving around a product. Remember the two guys eating the candy-bar kiss?
So, the NFL would have a really hard time refusing that kind of ad.
I’m sure one of the gay-friendly corporations would have been more than happy to co-produce a commercial focusing on a same-sex couple.

By: Kristophe

Kristophe — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:53:52 +0000

File a compliant with the FCC! Then sue the station and the NFL!

By: Bob and Lloyd Peacock

Bob and Lloyd Peacock — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:09:31 +0000

Bravo William Robinson and others on this site. We too, do not have a problem with a “no advocacy policy”, but, when THEY start cherry picking and deciding what is right and wrong, then we have a problem. It is too bad that these TV stations will not stand up to this type of tyranny. Of course they are looking at the dollars and nothing more.
Maybe it is time to let these stations know that Gay dollars are as good as the NFL dollars.
This is going on far too much and far too long, it must be stopped. How many complaints have been filed with the Human Rights Commissions? Lambda Legal need dollars too, in order for them to take on all of the challenges that are coming against the LGBT Community. Have you contributed? Remember to file the complaints people.

Bob and Lloyd
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada

By: The Menstruator

The Menstruator — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:32:21 +0000

So what are we doing about this?

By: William Robinson

William Robinson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:38:49 +0000

I say Angelenos BOYCOTT KNBC and KABC and deny them our Gay dollars. Votes and money are all that these haters understand and respect.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:30:13 +0000

JayC: They may not have been singling out this ad; however, they were most certainly making exclusions. I have no problems with a “no advocacy” policy, but when that policy is ignored for a select few, then it becomes an issue.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:55:19 +0000

This is the second time that KNBC has done this. Where is Lambda Legal on this issue?

By: JayC

JayC — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:37:13 +0000

It would have been nice for the GLBT community to have that sort of positive exposure. However, in other news I saw that an anti-abortion ad was also rejected. I don’t think they were singling us out for exclusion.