TV station pulls homophobic infomercial after gay complaints

A local television station in the United States has pulled a one hour programme paid for by a notoriously homophobic "family" group.

The American Family Association (AFA) had paid for airtime on WOOD-TV in Michigan to screen Speechless: Silencing the Christians.

It claims to "reveal the truth about the radical homosexual agenda and its impact on the family, the nation and religious freedom."

WOOD-TV General Manager Diane Kniowski said earlier this week that it would not run the AFA programme this Saturday as planned.

"Our station is being bombarded with calls and messages, and we find ourselves in the middle of someone else's fight," she said.

"Ours was a fair offer and we are removing ourselves from this matter."

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The Human Rights Campaign, America's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, had urged its members to contact the station and ask that they pull the programme.

"I am so proud of our members who answered the lies and distortions of the AFA and stopped this campaign of hate and deception," said HRC President Joe Solmonese.

"Our community stood up and would not let those lies stand.

"This should be our wake up call. We are poised to make real progress, for the first time, for millions of LGBT Americans.

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