Tuesday, November 24, 2009

So, Adam Lambert had a goal: he wanted to push the envelope. "I do feel like there's a bit of a double standard in the entertainment community, on television, on radio," he said. "I feel like women performers have been pushing the envelope, especially, for the past 20 years. And all of the sudden a male does it and everybody goes 'Oh, we can't show that on TV.' For me, that's a form of discrimination and a double standard."

Well, I know I speak for a lot of good Christians when I say, we don't want our envelopes pushed! So today Mr. Lambert learned there's consequences to every action. Today ABC told him he's been kicked off Good Morning America because 1,500 Christians angrily emailed them, like our good Christian websites told us too. I'm sure the gay community is going to jump up in arms, but after hearing about his performance on Sunday night, I think ABC is justified.
Today ABC announced that it had canceled a performance by Mr. Lambert scheduled for Wednesday on Good Morning America. An ABC spokeswoman explained that “Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning.”See? Perfectly understandable. They're simply concerned that, if a gay man gets that crazy on a music awards program at 10:58 at night, he might go totally off the rails on a program aimed at middle-aged, mid-American housewives at 7:30 in the morning. How do we know he won't once again give in to his gay impulses? Because God knows when my twins Kristi and Karli are checking out the weather reports before heading off to Baptist school, they don't need to see some guylinered dude fellatiating his guitarist's crotch.

Now, I'm sure all the gay activists are going to leap up and scream about a double standard, but this is just ridiculous. ABC has blacklisted dozens of heterosexual performers after questionable acts. Remember a young man named Justin Timberlake, who tore the top off a young woman during the Super Bowl? No, I don't either -- because ABC banished him from their airwaves. And how about that young woman, with the sparkly sunburst nipple? Her name is forever lost to history because of what they done.

And remember a singer named Madonna? She had a potty mouth and filthy attitude, but ABC wouldn't have none of that. They banished her, smartly, out of concern that during an interview with, like, Matt Lauer, she might mount him and start simulating sexual acts while wearing a conical bra. ABC's trash heap is littered with the names of has-been heterosexual performers who posed similar dangers to their viewers, from the totally-forgotten Christina Aguilera to something called "Lady Gaga."

So, gay activists, don't go screaming double standard.

Well, or if you do, here's the place to do it. (ABC is owned by Disney, and here you can CC a whole bunch of folks.) And here is another place. You might want to mention that you're not going to watch Good Morning America until Adam appears.

2 comments:

Amy Wallen said...

Well, since I already boycott Good Morning America because it's sappy bullshit anyway, it's a little hard for me to do much more. But okay, I'll call it a boycott for Adam's honor.

Anonymous said...

Like any of the people who complained to ABC actually saw Adam perform. They shut off their TVs when Rascal Flatts left the stage.

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