"Jack McFarland Goes To Church" (12/02/2004)
P
erhaps the
stupidest reason for rejecting the United Church of Christ television ad (which showed a church turning away a gay couple) came from NBC:
NBC . . . said it was troubled by the implicit criticism of other denominations.
"The controversy stems from its suggestion that other churches are not open to all people," said NBC spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs.
Oh really? So NBC really thinks that, say, a Southern Baptist Church would be just a-okay with openly gay people in their midst -- at least if they agreed not to bring any fancy homosexual dishes to the church casserole dinners? I must have missed that
episode of NBC's "Will & Grace" where Jack visited the local evangelical church.
In case you honestly think that there is some controversy on this matter, here is
what the Southern Baptists have to say about the UCC ad:
Rev. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, called the ads "masterful propaganda" that should not be aired.
"We are all sinners, but we cannot remain in our sin and just bless a lifestyle by saying we accept it when the scriptures clearly condemn it (homosexuality) as sin," said Mohler.
Hmm. Doesn't sound too welcoming to me.
Bottom line: NBC is willing to rake in the big bucks running a gay minstrel show in prime time but refuses to run an ad saying that the minstrels might not be welcome everywhere. Well, maybe that isn't so surprising.
UPDATE: Ya need more evidence that gays aren't welcome at all churches? Here's what Radical Cleric Jerry Falwell
said on Crossfire yesterday:
I don't believe that heterosexuals who are promiscuous or homosexuals should be rewarded for their misbehavior, but they should be, should be invited to, allowed into church and preached the Gospel to.
. . .
It's just, the United Church of Christ believes that gay is OK...
Yeah, gays are welcome to attend Falwell's church as long as they agree to be told that they are going to hell if they don't go straight.
