Luke & Noah Controversy???

Who Knew? I didn't. That is until I received another hate email from the good ol' reliable American Family Association (no link) pleading with me to boycott Proctor & Gamble because the company is apparently spreading the "gay agenda" with two ongoing characters on the soap, As The World Turns who happen to be gay. Now, I am not much of a TV watcher, and I certainly don't watch soaps - I have my own muddy life and don't need to live anyone else's - but I have to say curiosity got the best of me. Found a few clips at YouTube. Nope, won't review the show, but the guys are sweet and cute and the show took some big chances in a few scenes. Unless, of course, daytime network TV has changed a lot since I've been away. The straight sex was always pretty over the top, but this is something else

Then I found this over at the Boston Globe. It's pretty long so here is just a bit. Go on over and read the rest:

Once upon a time, in the melodramatic environs of CBS's "As the World Turns," there was a boy named Luke and another boy named Noah, and they fell in love. They shared in self-discovery, made it through a trying time when Luke was paralyzed from the waist down, celebrated his miraculous recovery, and kissed onscreen. Twice.

Then they stopped kissing. And some fans were happy. And some fans got very, very angry.

They point, these Luke-and-Noah champions, to two major near-misses since. Once, during an episode of the soap opera near Christmas, Luke and Noah moved toward a kiss, and the camera quickly panned to mistletoe. Then, on a very special Valentine's Day episode, every other couple on the show shared a kiss. Luke and Noah hugged.

One gay-themed website, afterelton.com, created a running ticker of the time that has elapsed since Luke and Noah since locked lips onscreen. (At press time, it was 157 days and running.) After the mistletoe episode, fans - who refer to the couple as "Nuke" - sent bags of Hershey's Kisses to CBS. More recently, they've launched a publicity drive, blitzing reporters with long, heartfelt statements of Luke-and-Noah support.

"We appreciate so much that the show is doing this," said George Hinds, 29, a youth employment counselor in Cambridge who helps run the fansite lukeandnoahfans.com, and praises the show for airing daytime TV's first gay kiss. "The campaign is really here to let them know we think it's time to move forward. We think America can handle it."

Poor Donald Wildmon, the man is obsessed with everything gay.

And so it goes.
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