Amid protests over Focus on the Family’s use of its TiVo affiliation to discriminate against gay fathers, TiVo has removed the page of its own website that promoted Focus on the Family’s affiliate relationship with TiVo.
The original page currently displays a Page Not Found error. Here’s the page as it appeared a few days ago.
Is the removal is temporary? Is TiVo re-evaluating Focus’s role in TiVo’s KidZone child-safety filter? Is TiVo rethinking its association with Focus’s campaign against gay fathers? These questions remain unanswered.
Hat tip: Good As You
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I personally don’t watch enough TV to justify buying Tivo (just give me the boxed set of Reno 911! when each season is released LOL).
In this situation, I hope they’re reconsidering their partnership with FOF and James Dobson. In the beginning, they should have just been honest and indicated “certain rules and restrictions about your dad may apply - especially if he’s a homosexual”.
Anything related to cable television, Tivo and the internet should think twice before partnering with Dobson and/or any other fundie group.
After all, Dobson’s screeching “is it a man or is it a woman?” buddy, Janet Folger, claims she and “christians” won’t rest until they have 100% control of cable TV, the internet, and pretty much anything having to do with everything.
Comment by Scott — June 11, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
I hope that Focus on the Family gets an entry from a gay male couple named Jodi and Sydney and can’t tell whether it is a gay couple and accidentally pronounces them winners. :)
I certainly hope Tivo is reevaluating its partnership with Focus.
Comment by Wayne Besen — June 11, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
WOW! thanks for putting that info out, without the link to the ORIG web page i would have died not knowing that the reason “The King” shot his television with a .45 was because it was so dangerous to children. There is now absolutely no doubt in my mind that had “The King” cable nuclear holocaust would have surely been the result.
Comment by jessie taylor — June 12, 2008 @ 4:08 am