CONSERVATIVE GROUPS DECRY NICKELODEON SHOW ON GAY PARENTS

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	Some 496,000 kids tuned into Nickelodeon's Tuesday-night telecast of the special My Family Is Different, (more)
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CONSERVATIVE GROUPS DECRY NICKELODEON SHOW ON GAY PARENTS
Wednesday, April 14 2004

Pro-family activists, led by the Traditional Values Coalition, have denounced plans by the Nickelodeon channel to air a special on June 5 aimed at children of gay parents. Titled My Parents Are Different, the show will air without commercials, something the TVC considers "an attempt to stop the hemorrhage of negative press and to preempt losing sponsors." In a statement on Tuesday, TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty said, "The fact that they're willing to air this show even without sponsors is evidence that they're pursuing a homosexual agenda -- not providing wholesome entertainment for kids. It is my hope that advertisers will stop sponsoring programming on Nickelodeon until this network changes its ways." Although Nickelodeon has said that the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who disapproves of gay parenting, will also appear on the program, Lafferty maintained that the program is "badly skewed in favor of homosexuality."

FAMILY GROUP GIVES BRAVO NO BRAVOS FOR GAY REALITY SERIES
Wednesday, May 28 2003
The NBC-owned Bravo cable outlet, which describes itself as an "arts and entertainment channel" plunged itself into controversy Tuesday with its announcement that it plans to air a kind of gay version of The Bachelor in July. According to the channel, the dating series, titled Boy Meets Boy, will feature one gay man looking for a partner from among a pool of 15 other men -- some of whom have been hired by the program (more)

CONSERVATIVES DEBATE WHO SHOULD OWN SATELLITE TV
Thursday, July 11 2002
A feud has developed among several religious conservatives over the $26-billion merger between DirecTV and EchoStar, after Louis Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, urged that regulators reject the merger. He went on to support Rupert Murdoch's bid for DirecTV. As reported by CNSNews, a division of the conservative Media Research Center, Sheldon's position infuriated Dave Clark, president of FamilyNET and former head of the National Religious Broadcasters, who responded that he found the (more)