AFA Goes After Sordid Lives

Via WickedGayBlog we learn that the Florida chapter of the American Family Association is calling for an advertiser boycott of one of my favorite shows, LOGO's Sordid Lives. From a Christian newswire press release:

A pro-family activist says LOGO, an advertiser-supported homosexual cable channel owned by MTV, is taking another shot at Christians. David Caton of Florida Family Association is as much concerned about advertisers as he is the show's content. "They have a program that is called Sordid Lives, and it's described by TV Guide as 'a comedy about dysfunction in a Republican Baptist Texas family, much of it gender bending,'" he describes.

According to a Florida Family release, the show depicts various members of the family as lesbian, homosexual, bi-sexual, and transgender. Among the program's sponsors are Memphis-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Children International. David Caton: "As a matter of fact, St. Jude Children's Hospital was one of the most frequent advertisers on the five programs that we monitored on LOGO, and Children International has been consistent for about the last three months," he contends. Del Shores, the show's writer, left his wife and two daughters to marry his homosexual partner. Communications from Florida Family to LOGO have gone unanswered, so Caton is calling on the general public to send emails to advertisers.

The "homosexual partner" referenced above is actually Sordid Lives star Jason Dottley, who created the below video response to the Florida Family Association.