GLAAD bothered by upcoming episode of ’30 Days’
”This is an episode of 30 Days that GLAAD would have liked to support for its commendable effort to share the authentic story of everyday lesbian and gay parents and their families and the opposition they face in trying to provide a stable and nurturing home for their children. However, FX Networks’ insistence on airing – and refusal to correct the record on – this defamatory misrepresentation makes that impossible. It is unacceptable that FX Networks and its parent company 20th Century Fox would provide a platform for the inaccurate and dangerous claims of anti-gay activists – misinformation that can put gay and lesbian parents and their families in harm’s way.”
GLAAD Senior Director of Media Programs Rashad Robinson remarking on a refusal by the FX Network to remove or at least counter a comment by Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council where he states that, ”Homosexuality is associated with higher rates of sexual promiscuity, sexually transmitted diseases, mental illness, substance abuse, domestic violence, and child sexual abuse, and those are all reasons for us to be concerned about placing children into that kind of setting.” The inaccurate statement is said to occur without rebuttal in an upcoming episode of Morgan Spurlock’s ”30 Days” where an anti-gay mother lives with a gay couple that has four children. (GLAAD)
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