So much for fair and balanced journalism.

Somehow I've ended up watching terrible news programs on a Sunday morning.. 

Introducing, The Bolt Report:

 

I'll admit, I cannot watch more than two minutes of Today Tonight before screaming with rage and throwing whatever's in reach square at the T.V. However, I never expected to feel the same fury while viewing programs of a Saturday morning. Sunday T.V mornings are sacred! They are cocoa-pops and cartoons, early mornings and sleepy eyes. At least they used to be. I'm sure these types of biased, ignorant propaganda based programs existed long before my idealogical childhood, however it still is infuriating witnessing such disgraceful 'journalism'.

This week's informative episode tackled the issue of marriage equality. Marriage equality and LGBT rights will be, I believe, one of the defining issues of our generation. It compares so analogously to inter-racial marriage and discrimination towards women and other minorities. Safe to say, it is a massive and complex issue that deserves its own post.

However this quick post is about this programs use of sensationalist ideas to influence its' viewers. The guests on the panel this week dismissed equality, rights and respect for homosexual people on the basis that it would lead to bestiality. Seriously! Apparently, if a man is allowed to marry another man, or a woman another woman, then there is nothing stopping an individual from marrying and having intercourse with an animal. Seem legit. EXCEPT... there are laws stopping people marrying and having intercourse with animals aren't there?

Oh yeah, there actually are laws that prevent that.. whoops. What these people fail to realise is that there is a huge difference between a person having intercourse with another person of the same sex, and a person having intercourse with an animal. It is called sex positivity. Basically, if both people are coooooooool with it, anything goes, and because an animal cannot be coooooooooool with it (or at least it cannot verbally express consent) intercourse can never be considered sex positive. Therefore, if the government allowed legal and ceremonial recognition of a sex positive relationship, regardless of the sex of the couple, in no way would that need to lead to the creation/ abolition of laws allowing non-sex positive acts. Makes sense, right?

Good, end of story!