ABC announced this morning that it was pulling a planned reality series entitled "Welcome to the Neighborhood." The premise of the show was to be that three white, conservative families from --where else?-- Texas must choose a new neighbor to live in the house across the street. The catch? One family is black, another is Hispanic, one is a gay couple, etc. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation expressed strong concerns about the show, saying the people who saw only the first episodes might come away thinking that discrimination is "not that big a deal," even though ultimately, the show is about promoting tolerance and diversity.

The punchline though, is this. The uber-conservative Family Research Council also urged ABC to pull the show. As you might guess, their concerns were not at all the same as those of GLAAD. Why did they want the show off the air?





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They were afraid it would make evangelicals appear "judgemental and foolish."
As if they needed any help!