TEN Australia drops religious program based on one complaint


Ten Drops TV Show for Gay Comments

5th October 2010 
The TV Industry blog TV Tonight reports that TEN has dropped the Kevin Copeland TV show "Believer's voice of Victory" for comments about Homosexuality. Copeland is a US pentecostal minister with a large TV following. His "word of faith" movement teaches an extreme "prosperity gospel" that  believers could receive a hundredfold return on their giving.
The last Copeland show on ten Aired in mid September. In a show aired in June, TV Tonight reports that Copeland said: “… the reason God condemned homosexuality is because of the severe attack it has on the fabric of the blessing, life, all that God created.”
In response evangelical minister David Barton agreed, referring to the Bible: “….not only does God not approve homosexuality, it says He does not approve those who approve homosexuality …”
The Kevin Copeland show is still on the air on the Australian Christian Channel on pay TV as well as some regional stations.
According to TV Tonight, Ten has determined that the show breached the industry code of practice. The relevant clause states a program “should not provoke or perpetuate intense dislike, serious contempt or severe ridicule against a person or group of persons on the grounds of age, colour, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability, race, religion or sexual preference.”
A sample letter on the Copeland website says that TEN acted after only one complaint.
The Copeland site does not reveal that the complaint related to the comments about gays.

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