Hispanic TV Network Stands by Show on Ex-‘Gays’ 4/12/2004
By Martha Kleder
Univision holds its ground, despite fire from homosexual activists.
Univision, the nation’s largest Spanish-language television network, is standing by its new talk show, Casos de Familia, despite criticism from homosexual activists. On March 25, the show topic was “curing homosexuality with religion.”
“We broadcast quality programs that present an objective and balanced discussion of such issues as race, culture, gender and sexual preference in a responsible way,” said Univision statement.
“I hope they hang tough,” said Robert Knight, director of CWA’s Culture & Family Institute. “Most broadcasters don’t have the courage to withstand the kind of lobbying that homosexual activists inflict on their targets. To them, tolerance is a one-way street from which you can make only left turns.”
Former homosexual Stephen Bennett cheered Univision’s stance.
“I am not only glad that Univision stands behind the broadcast, but that they used the term ‘sexual preference’ over ‘sexual orientation’ in their statement,” Bennett said.
“Thousands have walked away from homosexual desires to lead healthy, fulfilled lives,” he said. “But that news isn’t often told because radical homosexual activists try to punish anyone or any organization that suggest it. To have a broadcast network air such a program and then defend it, rather than couch it as a grave mistake when challenged, is rare and brave.”
In the broadcast with conservative religious leaders, hostess Judith Grace made several comments that the radical homosexual pressure group Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) criticized.
“Would it be that all [homosexuals] have been abused, hence their sexual preference?” Grace said.
“Let’s stop our relatives from touching/abusing our own children so they do not end up like this,” she added.
GLAAD immediately launched a campaign to pressure the show’s advertisers. Pizza Hut had already pulled its advertising from the show.
Other advertisers in the crosshairs of homosexual activists include Sears, Universal Studios Hollywood, KFC and Hershey’s.
“The news that homosexuals can change is one of hope,” Bennett added. “And radical activists will stop at nothing to keep that message from being heard.”