Lion Heart 15,041 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 A division of the Christian-right American Family Association, One Million Moms, is calling on people to boycott the Hallmark Channel after a Zola commercial featuring a same-sex couple getting married was aired on its network. The organization posted a call to action on its website earlier this week after one of the wedding website’s new ads was seen on the family channel, noting on its campaign page that Hallmark’s commercials are “usually safe for family viewing. But unfortunately, that is not the case anymore.” The group’s chief complaint was a kiss shared between the two brides in the ad. Recently, One Million Moms received concerns about Hallmark airing a commercial from Zola.com in which two lesbians are shown kissing at the end of their wedding ceremony,” the post reads. “Similar concerns from regular viewers are posted on an online complaint board for the Hallmark Channel.” The group — whose parent organization, American Family Association, has been named as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its work “combating the homosexual agenda” — quoted remarks from viewers who said that they were “fed up with having the gay agenda crammed down our throats” while watching a movie with their daughters. “You are one of the few channels we thought we would not have to deal with this issue!” that comment continued. “Please remove this and any other gay, lesbian, bisexual, or anything else it is called from your channels. … We love you but won’t keep watching with this type of ads.” Zola’s chief marketing officer Mike Chi tells Yahoo Lifestyle that the advertisement, and others that the brand recently released, are just a representation of the company’s work with millions of diverse couples — and that this isn’t the first same-sex couple that the company has featured in TV ads. ... UPDATE 12/13/19: Zola tells Yahoo Lifestyle that the Hallmark Channel pulled the wedding website’s commercial — which featured a same-sex couple — as of Friday afternoon. As a result, Zola has decided to cancel the remainder of its advertisements on the channel. https://news.yahoo.com/one-million-moms-group-calls-for-hallmark-channel-boycott-after-it-airs-commercial-with-lesbian-kiss-222249634.html ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 One Million Karens doing the most as always. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalGaga 353 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 About a million reasons I don’t watch this channel. Add another one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillynate 6,170 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 These million moms always do the most like have they seen all the other things in the Bible that are forbidden like wearing two different fabrics or eating pork? that list can go on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltlmnstr 2,771 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, Lion Heart said: One Million Karens doing the most as always. There’s not even one million moms it’s a small group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB 28,770 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 “Gay agendas” oh for fxcks sake- seriously what the hell is wrong with people it’s just a commercial, imagine thinking being gay is an “agenda” we just want to be normalized that agenda argument makes ZERO sense... That’s a punk move on the Hallmark Channel’s side, they shouldn’t have gave in to that Christian group... They act like the commercials are a p0rno it’s just a marriage for goodness sake- 💋 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡 𝕐𝕒 ℂ𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕌𝕡💋🍪 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfaqqot 1,244 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Yikes this doesn't set a good precedent. They're going to think they can do this with every ad and company supporting LGBT couples now and win Like how tf did they know not know going in that certain groups would do this? They should have expected it so this makes me question their authenticity with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,282 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Hmmm, Hallmark is trash who knew. I am shocked that a channel entirely dedicated to white straight couples getting married after just meeting each other doesn’t give a **** about the gays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 115,045 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 The Hallmark Channel has pulled several of its advertisements for the wedding planning service Zola after social media backlash to a commercial featuring a lesbian wedding. Viewers — particularly self-identified conservatives — were calling for a boycott of the network if the ads stayed on. Hallmark capitulated this weekend. The Zola commercials first appeared on the Hallmark Channel on Dec. 2, just as the holiday movie season was getting underway. According to a report by The New York Times, the ads were pulled on Friday amid online backlash. A spokesman for the network claimed that the ads violated company policy for Hallmark's parent company, Crown Media. "We are not allowed to accept creatives that are deemed controversial," a Hallmark representative said in an email exchange with reporters. "The decision not to air overt public displays of affection in our sponsored advertisement, regardless of the participants, is in line with our current policy, which includes not featuring political advertisements, offensive language, R-rated movie content and many other categories," they went on. .... Most of the ads featured same-sex female couples, with heterosexual couples as well. One particular ad focused only on a single lesbian couple. The American Family Association's One Million Moms published a petition calling this ad "indecency," asking Hallmark to "please reconsider airing commercials with same-sex couples." https://popculture.com/entertainment/2019/12/14/hallmark-channel-pulls-commercial-brides-kissing-amid-boycott-petition/ Here is the video if you want to see it: she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 115,045 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Mess. It's already been posted. she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,115 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Pathetic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,565 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Def won’t be supporting them ever again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachinko 10,754 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Trash Hallmark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahfan 27,484 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Who's surprised, though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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