Jul 15, 2010

Mississippi public radio doesn't like Fresh Air

The station director at Mississippi Public Broadcasting has dropped "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross from its lineup, citing "recurring inappropriate content.” It's a given the content is recurring, but inappropriate? A blogger called A Unitarian Universalist Minister In The South thinks recent programs dealing with homosexuality might be the cause:
Couldn’t possibly be the interview with Colin Firth regarding his role in “A Single Man.”  He plays the part of a gay man grieving the loss of his partner. The story line of grieving the death of a loved one is as old as the story of David and Jonathan in First Samuel of the Hebrew Scriptures. And it certainly could not be the movie review of Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are Alright.” That story line of parents dealing with their rebellious teens goes all the way back to Adam and Eve.  Oh wait, the parents are both lesbians. Nah, it couldn’t be that.
(found via Romenesko)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mississippi needs to go. Now.

Anonymous said...

WTG Mississippi...Stick with what God has to say about homosexuals. They are an abomination on mankind.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I'm no good at accepting blanket statements, whether from preachers, God, program directors, barflies, or whatever. Exactly WHY is homosexuality an abomination?

Anonymous said...

Why waste time asking bigots why anything is an abomination...in their sick mind, if they don't like it, everything is an abomination.