THIS is 'too political' for TV? Outrage as broadcasters refuse to show an ad for Father's Day – because it's 'too close' to the vote on gay marriage

warcroft · 2017-09-02T11:50:37+00:00

Watch it here to see for yourself if its "political".

cheetodew_fedoralord · 2017-09-02T11:29:48+00:00

The website has also been shutdown to protect themselves from 'vilification'

xsdc · 2017-09-02T12:51:27+00:00

Recent decisions . . . required broadcasters to consider the content of websites referred to in commercials when deciding if they contained political matter.

The website in this commercial advocates against same sex marriage. They could have aired the commercial without the website at the end and been fine.

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Singulaire · 2017-09-02T07:32:49+00:00

I don't get the "Yes" campaign, to be honest. They've basically had a slam dunk handed to them- the Australian public is overwhelmingly in favour of legalising same sex marriage- and yet they insist on shooting themselves in the foot and making their side look like idiots. Abbot has been desperately trying to present the matter as a freedom of speech issue, and a "no" vote as a vote in support of free speech, but he had no case whatsoever. Now, as if on cue, these idiots are handing him a case on a silver platter.

p3ngwin · 2017-09-02T13:06:58+00:00

Of course this would equally have happened just the same were "mother's day" too close to the vote right, right ?

omegaphallic · 2017-09-02T17:43:49+00:00

Like WTF, how was that political. And it certainly wasn't homophobic, if anything reminding people father's can be nurturing too HELPS support gay marriage, because it shows people that loving parents don't have to be women.

number4ty7 · 2017-09-02T14:27:16+00:00

Australia is starting to resemble a lost cause. They've gone full retard on men over there and instead of fighting back they are killing themselves in droves.

rg57 · 2017-09-02T22:08:15+00:00

As a married gay guy who has a father, and many other men in his family who are fathers, I totally reject the idea that Father's Day is somehow incompatible with same-sex marriage.

It would have been nice if they'd included a few seconds of a two-dad family... but I can see why they might want to avoid the subject in the middle of a vote...

TibsKirk · 2017-09-02T18:32:01+00:00

If we follow the logic of the critics of this ad, then any depiction of white people reinforces the normative demographics of Australia's population, and is therefore insensitive to how non-white Aussies feel when looking at representations of the norm. I can't think of any other objection other than it is a positive depiction of men, and these critics seem far more offended by that than concerned for the happiness or well-being of the children in the ad.

It makes no sense. And feminists wonder how anyone could consider their movement an attack on family values and loving fathers.

Title	THIS is 'too political' for TV? Outrage as broadcasters refuse to show an ad for Father's Day – because it's 'too close' to the vote on gay marriage
Author	JohnKimble111
Upvotes	282
Comments	28
Date	September 2, 2017 6:53 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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