This is why "my people" are ridiculous...

Last night I watched one of my favorite shows - 30 Days. The episode was about gay parents. Today GLAAD denounced the show because it contained some right wing idiot making a statement about gay people.

here's What They Had To Say...

Listen, we have to calm the hell down. For every person who walked away from the show thinking how good and kind those two guys and their family were, some are going to hear this babbling and think "you are pushing - and I don't like that."

The show is all about extremes. Each week you take the two extremes and put them together. You put a hunter and animal rights activists together - that extreme. You picked a gay family who is actively involved in activism and attends a lot of community support groups and paired them with a frickin' Mormon for God' sakes. This is extreme. There is no subtly to either side's expressions or beliefs. That's the only way you can make the TV show work. If everyone was just "average" and didn't have strong beliefs then their would be no conflict and no potential for resolution or recognition.

I would have much preferred that GLAAD shut the hell up. Praise the show for its depiction of real parents and the terrible things that they still endure as they try to make loving families. Denouncing these folks and doing a "call to action" does nothing but give the whackjobs more attention. More importantly, you bite the hand that feeds you, in this case being the producers, Morgan Spurlock and FOX. I would think you would want to keep these folks as advocates.