• 'Ex-gay' London bus advert banned
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[IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59637000/jpg/_59637399_59637398.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE][B]A proposed bus advert by a Christian group would have been like a "slap in the face" to gay charity Stonewall over an anti-bullying message, the High Court has heard. [/B]Transport for London banned the Core Issues Trust's "ex-gay" advert because it could cause "widespread offence".[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21634006[/URL]
The one who started this campaign got just a little bit too butthurt.
Implying someone can be ex- or post-gay. He has a point, though. There is no right not to be offended.
post-gay sounds like a music genre
[QUOTE=Bobie;39762676]post-gay sounds like a music genre[/QUOTE] i imagine it would sound like elton john meets godspeed
A better reason to ban it would be false advertising since there's nothing to indicate that ex-gay therapy of any kind works
[QUOTE=Zeke129;39762841]A better reason to ban it would be false advertising since there's nothing to indicate that ex-gay therapy of any kind works[/QUOTE] Apart from slaughtering someones hormones,brain and their DNA,which is still unavalible,no.
[QUOTE=IPK;39762868]Apart from slaughtering someones hormones,brain and their DNA,which is still unavalible,no.[/QUOTE] Put a space after commas.
[QUOTE=Bobie;39762676]post-gay sounds like a music genre[/QUOTE] The banner in the OP and this post makes me think this would've been their campaign's theme song. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOTBSE_3Dw[/media] Really good this got banned, all this ex-gay therapy is bullshit.
They should have adverts that read "Not an asshole! Ex-asshole, post-asshole and proud. Being gay is not a choice; get over it!" instead.
I hate those damn post-gays.
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;39762827]i imagine it would sound like elton john meets godspeed[/QUOTE] That sounds amazing.
I'm ex-gay as in extra gay
Dunno why they're going for "it'll be offensive" rather than simply "it's misleading, unsubstantiated bollocks"
This is a rebuttal to the "SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY, GET OVER IT" Adverts that were put on some busses around the UK.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;39762841]A better reason to ban it would be false advertising since there's nothing to indicate that ex-gay therapy of any kind works[/QUOTE] I [I]think[/I] that was one of the ASA's arguments, just as you can't plaster a bus with adverts proclaiming that cancer can be cured with a magical cure.
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