You have got all kinds of government goodies, including a maid to clean your house, transportation - I mean it's - there's just a wealth of wonders that come."
They should charge homosexuals more for their – for their health insurance than they charge the rest of us.'"Īnd in January of this year Quinn erroneously compared contagious tuberculosis patients to people living with HIV/AIDS and went on to say, "When you get AIDS, pal, the door opens up to you. Gay sex produces AIDS, which the state doesn't have – or should have an interest in. In November 2008, GLAAD issued a call to action after Quinn said, "Gay marriage doesn't produce anything that the state has an interest in. This is the third time the Clear Channel host has defamed LGBT people in the last three years. Quinn’s latest anti-gay attack is yet another example of his appalling track record of denigrating LGBT people. Media Matters for America captured the audio. The hosts continued to "debate" the topic for nearly three minutes. Make sure that you understand that." But Quinn went on to insist: "But I would give you that pedophilia is far more rampant among the gay community than it is among the straight community." JOn the July 28 edition of Clear Channel’s nationally syndicated radio program The War Room with Quinn & Rose, host Jim Quinn made defamatory anti-gay comments while discussing a federal case in which a jury ruled that the city of Philadelphia could not bar a Boy Scouts chapter from city-owned property despite the organization’s anti-gay policy.ĭuring the conversation Quinn said: "You don’t send gay men and young boys out together, okay?" Quinn’s co-host Rose Tennent responded: "Most gay men have nothing to do with the young boys. We also urge you to continue calling on Clear Channel to stop allowing Jim Quinn’s disturbing pattern of on-air abuse. We will keep you posted on any future developments in this campaign. GLAAD thanks Farmers for sending a message that it will not support programs that denigrate our community. Today Farmers Insurance Group told GLAAD that after listening to our concerns, it is pulling all advertising support from Clear Channel’s “The War Room with Quinn & Rose.” Farmers’ Assistant Vice President for Media and Public Relations, North America, Jerry Davies, confirmed the ad pull and thanked GLAAD for making the company aware of Quinn’s defamatory attacks against the LGBT community. We also asked companies that advertise on the program to seriously consider future placement, given Quinn’s troubling record of defamation. Read more about our Call to Action below.
On the July 28 edition of “The War Room with Quinn & Rose,” Quinn said, “Pedophilia is far more rampant among the gay community than it is among the straight community." After urging our members to take action, nearly two thousand people wrote to Clear Channel and questioned why the media company continues to give Jim Quinn a platform to disparage LGBT people. On July 29 GLAAD issued a Call to Action after nationally syndicated Clear Channel radio host, Jim Quinn made defamatory comments against the LGBT community for the third time in three years. UPDATE: Farmers Insurance Group Pulls Advertising from Clear Channel’s Nationally Syndicated Radio Program: "The War Room with Quinn & Rose"
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