HGTV Cancels Show After Stars Revealed to Be Anti-Gay, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Muslim Extremists
Good call by HGTV, too many extremists are making into reality tv land because they have freak show appeal. The backlash can be huge if miss steps are made. It’s sad however that they did not check out these kooks upfront.
HGTV today tweeted that it “has decided not to move forward” with a new house-flipping show called Flip It Forward starring David and Jason Benham. The network’s move comes one day after Right Wing Watch wrote a lengthy post exposing the Benham’s extreme anti-gay activism.
Wrote RWW in the post:
What the announcement didn’t mention is that at least one of the Benhams is not just a real estate dealer but also a dedicated right-wing activist in the mold of his father, Flip Benham, who has headed the abortion-clinic protest group Operation Save America ever since it split from the militant anti-choice group Operation Rescue.
As leader of OSA, Benham has condemned the interfaith Sandy Hook memorial, protested in front of mosques while shouting “Jesus Hates Muslims” and blamed the Aurora shooting on the Democratic Party, which he said promotes a “culture of death.”
Much More at RWW rightwingwatch.org