Tag: John Merrill
GOP Senate candidate says ‘homosexual activities’ ruined TV
The Secretary of State of Alabama said in a speech that people today are “too interested in homosexual activities,” and that’s why there isn’t any good TV anymore.
John Merrill, who is in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, was speaking at the Dekalb County Republican Breakfast Club’s meeting this past Saturday.
“That’s what we’ve allowed to happen,” he said, according to the local publication Yellowhammer News, responding to a question about how American pop culture has changed.
He complained that...
Politician warns TV has become too gay, says we must return to shows like...
The 2019 Emmy nominations were announced yesterday and queer artists made a strong showing.
Season One of Pose scored big in major categories, as did the lesbian thriller Killing Eve, Rupaul’s Drag Race, and Russian Doll, the surreal Netflix series co-created by out-lesbian Leslye Headland. Some of the LGBTQ artists who scored nominations include Billy Porter, Ellen Degeneres, Kate McKinnon, and Laverne Cox, just to name a few.
All that is great! Unless you’re Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill.
Merrill, who is currently running a 2020...
