AE's Gay Agenda! Dear "Entertainment Tonight": Gay Does Not Equal Racy ... Unless You're Victoria Jackson

With much of the buzz this past week being about former Saturday Night Live member Victoria (It's in the Bible!) Jackson blasting Glee for "shoving the gay thing down[viewers'] throats," another piece of troublesome Glee commentary has gone unnoticed. The March 17th edition of Entertainment Tonight aired a segment discussing the new Glee "controversy" which they phrased as "Is Glee too sexy?" And what images did ET show to demonstrate how controversial the topic is?

If you guessed Kurt and Blaine sweetly kissing, you're right! ET also showed Brittany and Santana kissing on a bed. Because you know gay teens kissing is "wild" as the reporter put it, and adds "fuel" to the fire as to whether "Glee is too racy." At one point they note that "... from teenage drinking and stripping to a lesbian relationship, the show has generated criticism that it is sometimes inappropriate for its timeslot."

I think there is certainly a discussion to be had about whether or not Glee is too adult for its 8 o'clock time slot, but for ET to present Kurt and Blaine's very sweet kiss as "evidence" of the controversy is wildly irresponsible on their part. It buys directly into the antigay hysteria that suggests introducing any gay element into a show, movie or book is somehow sexual and "controversial."

And that hysteria is exactly what gets expressed all too frequently when an age appropriate gay-themed book or piece of curriculum is introduced into American schools. Hey, ET, thanks for reinforcing that bigoted notion!

The segment on Glee also featured some of the cast commenting on the controversy when they were being honored at a PaleyFest 2011 event, A reporter asked them leading questions that ET then used to try and stir up more controversy. Probably the worst example of this was when Darren Criss responded to a reporter's question by saying, "There are times when people might get a little upset about the material, but there's other stuff that is just so blatantly family oriented."

There's no problem with what Criss said, but boy I do have a beef with ET juxtaposing Criss' words with yet another shot of Blaine and Kurt kissing. I take it we're supposed to conclude the opposite of family oriented is ... gay teens kissing?

I contacted Entertainment Tonight for a response but never heard back. No doubt they are busy working on a story about illegal baby adoptions from third world countries that will have Cam and Mitch from Modern Family in the background.

Elsewhere in entertainment decisions that make you go, "WTF?," we have ABC. You'd think that a network that was so freaked out by a guy-on-guy kiss during one of their awards show, would be even more freaked about putting another guy on one of their shows who had a history of violence, right?

You'd be wrong. Despite the fact that Chris Brown was convicted of assaulting Rihanna back in 2009, ABC was okey dokey with his performing on next week's Dancing With the Stars. Fair enough, I guess. Brown did plead guilty and did his community service, so who is ABC to judge, right?

Chris Brown not kissing another man

But surely if Brown subsequently did an interview with Good Morning America that so upset him he went back to his his dressing room and smashed a window with a chair (which is what happened last week), ABC would have to draw a line there, right? Nope, Brown is still scheduled to perform on next week's DWtS even though he is clearly ... volatile.

Just don't tell that to Adam Lambert. After all, when Lambert unexpectedly kissed his male bassist during a performance on the American Music Awards, ABC was so shocked and appalled they refused to let him appear on Good Morning America and kept him off the network for months lest he act out again.

Too bad for Lambert he kissed his bassist rather than punching him out. If he had, maybe he'd be the one on DWtS. On the other hand, performing for a bunch of washed up celebrities hoofing it to get two more minutes of fame isn't exactly the sign of a hot career either.

I have to say, I'm starting to get really annoyed with ABC, a network I've defended a lot. Their scripted programming like Modern Family and Brothers & Sisters is great, but this is yet one more example (see the Oscars) that not all is perfect with the network when it comes to us 'mos.

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