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Evol
12/14/19 11:53:49 AM
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Hallmark Pulls Gay Wedding Ad After Pressure from 'One Million Moms' - Towleroad Gay News

Hallmark has pulled four ads from the wedding planning website Zola featuring a lesbian wedding, with brides kissing after pressure from the American Family Association subgroup One Million Moms. Towleroad reported on the campaign by the conservative group earlier this week.

The NYT reports: Asked to explain why the ads had been rejected, an employee of Hallmarks parent company said the channel did not accept ads that are deemed controversial, according to an email exchange shared with The New York Times. A spokesman for Hallmark said the womens public displays of affection violated the channels policies, but he declined to comment on why a nearly identical ad featuring a bride and groom kissing was not rejected.

The controversial aspect of the ad was the kissing, according to the Hallmark spokesman.

But that doesnt apparently apply to heterosexual PDA. The NYT adds: In one of the two ads that were permitted to continue to air, a bride and groom kiss passionately at the altar.

Wrote One Million Moms on its website: The Hallmark Channel has always been known for its family friendly movies. Even its commercials are usually safe for family viewing. But unfortunately, that is not the case anymore. Recently, One Million Moms received concerns about Hallmark airing a commercial from Zola.com in which two lesbians are shown kissing at the end of their wedding ceremony. Conservative viewers will be disappointed to learn that Hallmark has ideas of moving beyond airing only commercials with LGBT content and is open to producing LGBT movies in the future.
Shame on Hallmark for airing commercials with same-sex couples and even considering movies with LGBT content and lead characters, they continue. Now, parents can no longer trust Hallmark because Hallmark is no longer allowing parents to be the primary educators when it comes to sex and sexual morality.

OMM told Hallmark in a petition letter on their site: Please reconsider airing commercials with same-sex couples, and please do not add LGBT movies to the Hallmark Channel. Such content goes against Christian and conservative values that are important to your primary audience. You will lose viewers if you cave to the LBGT agenda.

https://www.towleroad.com/2019/12/hallmark-gay-wedding-ad/
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OrdonGoatCheese
12/14/19 11:56:50 AM
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Yeah, don't cave to LGBT groups. Cave to us instead.

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ScazarMeltex
12/14/19 11:56:57 AM
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Buncha crybaby snowflakes.

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Hexenherz
12/14/19 11:59:10 AM
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I'm having fun trolling them on Twitter now at least.

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Snickers_Pls
12/14/19 12:00:22 PM
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One million Cs
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CyricZ
12/14/19 12:05:18 PM
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Yeah, more Hallmark movies where a white girl living in the city with a good independent job and a slightly toxic boyfriend/fiancee goes back to her country hometown for the holidays under protest and spends time with her family learning the true meaning of Christmas, and meets a hunky white guy who has an ultimately useless but holiday-related job who helps her along with this, and over the course of the movie she dumps her fiancee, quits her job, hooks up with the new guy and has her life completely upended and "fixed" because of good old Midwestern rural values.

There is also one token ancillary black couple and an old guy with a beard who's maaaaaybe Santa?

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Tired-Insomniac
12/14/19 12:07:40 PM
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CyricZ posted...
Yeah, more Hallmark movies where a white girl living in the city with a good independent job and a slightly toxic boyfriend/fiancee goes back to her country hometown for the holidays under protest and spends time with her family learning the true meaning of Christmas, and meets a hunky white guy who has an ultimately useless but holiday-related job who helps her along with this, and over the course of the movie she dumps her fiancee, quits her job, hooks up with the new guy and has her life completely upended and "fixed" because of good old Midwestern rural values.

There is also one token ancillary black couple and an old guy with a beard who's maaaaaybe Santa?

Omg that's my favorite one

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Hexenherz
12/14/19 12:11:55 PM
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Someone liked one of my tweets already, cross that off the bucket list.,

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Ethosian
12/14/19 12:12:30 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
I'm having fun trolling them on Twitter now at least.
Link?
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Solar_Crimson
12/14/19 12:13:49 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Buncha crybaby snowflakes.


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SmidgeIsntBack
12/14/19 12:16:13 PM
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Imagine caving to the 10 people behind One Million Moms. Guess their movies are milquetoast for a reason.

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Hexenherz
12/14/19 12:25:20 PM
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Ethosian posted...
Link?

https://twitter.com/Hallmark for Hallmark company and https://twitter.com/hallmarkchannel for the TV network (though I think Hallmark is the parent company).

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divot1338
12/14/19 12:30:54 PM
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Evol posted...
Shame on Hallmark for airing commercials with same-sex couples and even considering movies with LGBT content and lead characters, they continue. Now, parents can no longer trust Hallmark because Hallmark is no longer allowing parents to be the primary educators when it comes to sex and sexual morality.
Well that is patently ridiculous. Kids today learn about sex the same way I did. On the street.

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HylianFox
12/14/19 12:43:02 PM
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divot1338 posted...
Well that is patently ridiculous. Kids today learn about sex the same way I did. On the street.

really, what the fuck is that crap? Parents today don't talk to their kids about sex. I know mine never did

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LastTomorrow
12/14/19 12:49:31 PM
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Huh... I dont know if mine did. However, when I was in 5th grade at a christian school we did talk about sex. Only because a girl got pregnant during a senior trip

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treewojima
12/14/19 1:03:10 PM
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oh no, gay people exist

the horror
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ExtremeLuchador
12/14/19 1:10:17 PM
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The anti-gun group?

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AceMos
12/14/19 1:13:20 PM
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https://twitter.com/Ladyaceina/status/1205911710483337216

the tweet i made about it im legit trying to get this hashtag to trend so every one use it

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Prestoff
12/14/19 1:21:22 PM
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This is sad

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hockeybub89
12/14/19 1:22:29 PM
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But that would mean a kid would have two moms, so shouldn't they love lesbians?

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PleaseClap
12/14/19 1:26:24 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
But that would mean a kid would have two moms, so shouldn't they love lesbians?

They're against greedy kids hogging all of the moms for themselves. You can't allow children to monopolize the mom supply, you have to allow for fair competition
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cmiller4642
12/14/19 1:26:55 PM
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Trump's America
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hockeybub89
12/14/19 1:27:29 PM
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Evol posted...
Now, parents can no longer trust Hallmark because Hallmark is no longer allowing parents to be the primary educators when it comes to sex and sexual morality.
Media shows opposite-sex couple = teaches children nothing and keeps parents in charge

Media shows same-sex couple = parents no longer have any control over their kids?

So is the LGBT community a tiny percentage with no power or is it a collection of insidious ideas that will literally make everyone gay if they look at them? I can't keep up with the socially conservative crowd. And I thought parents shouldn't brainwash their kids? Or is that only when parents appear liberal?

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ThyCorndog
12/14/19 1:27:31 PM
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LordFarquad1312
12/14/19 1:29:15 PM
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One million feral moms

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ThePrinceFish
12/14/19 1:32:18 PM
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I wonder which demographic brings Hallmark more money, homophobic boomer women or angry millennials.

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AceMos
12/14/19 1:33:34 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
I wonder which demographic brings Hallmark more money, homophobic boomer women or angry millennials.
considerign million moms is a super small group im going to say millennials have the potential to give them more money

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ThePrinceFish
12/14/19 1:36:41 PM
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AceMos posted...
considerign million moms is a super small group im going to say millennials have the potential to give them more money
Meanwhile in real life, old women watch boring samey holiday movies and millennials bitch about activism online.

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HylianFox
12/14/19 1:36:55 PM
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not to mention that boomers are gonna start dropping like flies over the next decade or so

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cmiller4642
12/14/19 1:37:17 PM
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I'm sure Melania Trump and her rich ass right wing tagalongs are trying to get LGBT banned everywhere
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Raikuro
12/14/19 1:46:09 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
I wonder which demographic brings Hallmark more money, homophobic boomer women or angry millennials.
what boomer women could possibly have kids young enough to worry about teaching them about homosexuality too early
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Tired-Insomniac
12/14/19 2:29:49 PM
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Raikuro posted...
what boomer women could possibly have kids young enough to worry about teaching them about homosexuality too early

Grandkids

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BarneyBosco
12/14/19 3:12:15 PM
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As the libs and mods here like to point out, they are a privately owned company and can do what they want. Cry more.

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AceMos
12/14/19 3:13:09 PM
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BarneyBosco posted...
As the libs and mods here like to point out, they are a privately owned company and can do what they want. Cry more.
yes yes they can and they can face the consequences of the free market turning on them


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ThePrinceFish
12/14/19 3:17:02 PM
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AceMos posted...
yes yes they can and they can face the consequences of the free market turning on them
Oh no, a bunch of people that don't watch Hallmark are going to continue not watching. They are surely frightened!

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Wewillrocku
12/14/19 3:19:02 PM
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sad this happened in 2019. we still have a ways to go to undo religious bigotry.

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AceMos
12/14/19 3:19:10 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Oh no, a bunch of people that don't watch Hallmark are going to continue not watching. They are surely frightened!
they sure caved into 10,000 people who dont watch hallmark quickly

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SiO4
12/14/19 3:19:20 PM
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Googles, I million Moms.....

"One Million Moms
https://onemillionmoms.com
Support One Million Moms and help fight against indecency. Support us with a financial contribution. Make a donation Gift of any amount. Make Donation ..."


Well, that about sums it up quite nicely.
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ZevLoveDOOM
12/14/19 3:21:13 PM
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trust me guys, you don't want to mess with an army of Karens!
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pegusus123456
12/14/19 3:46:53 PM
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May I present an article from the golden age of Cracked?
https://www.cracked.com/blog/how-archies-gay-friend-proved-internet-can-do-good/

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Kraidette
12/14/19 4:24:39 PM
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Wewillrocku posted...
sad this happened in 2019. we still have a ways to go to undo religious bigotry.

Please, don't blame this on religious bigotry, that gives religions a bad name. This is just plain ol' simple bigotry hiding behind a religious front.

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Wewillrocku
12/14/19 4:25:40 PM
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i'm not blaming it on anything. it's cause and effect. bigotry isn't written into people's genes.

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InverseyxxoB
12/14/19 4:27:20 PM
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I mean, you at the end of the day need to do what is best for business. And a million moms is a lot of money.
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TheVipaGTS
12/14/19 4:29:28 PM
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One Million Bitches

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HylianFox
12/14/19 4:30:42 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
One Million Bitches
One Dozen Bitches

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Skye Reynolds
12/14/19 4:31:53 PM
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This is disappointing.

I understand that conservative mom types would be the ones most likely to watch heartwarming films about attractive white heterosexual couples in their late 30s and early 40s, but it's disgusting to think that homophobia still has a hold on anything. I thought this battle had been one long ago. But then again, we have stuff like movies taking away gay character reveals because the Chinese government doesn't like it.

Hallmark should not have pulled the ad. If there's controversy to be had from it, let them be on the winning side. Let them take a stand for equality and inclusive love.

A few days ago, they were announcing that they were going to explore gay romance. Now they're pulling an ad because a heterosexist group dislikes it? I hope the screenwriter for that unmade love story was paid in advance.

This is bullshit.

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TheVipaGTS
12/14/19 4:38:11 PM
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The funny thing is, Hallmark was so concerned about "One Million Moms" and the Christian Right...In today's political climate this type of move is more likely to lose them MORE customers than if they kept the cards on the shelves.

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Solar_Crimson
12/14/19 4:48:54 PM
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BarneyBosco posted...
As the libs and mods here like to point out, they are a privately owned company and can do what they want. Cry more.
You sound bitter that this site tends to not tolerate ignorant comments.

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ultimate reaver
12/14/19 4:57:18 PM
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the scariest thing in the world to me is that these people are claiming parents use hallmark movies to educate their kids about relationships

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