Homosexuality could be evolutions method of keeping the population in check and so it wouldn't be an immoral act. Saving the species from expanding too quickly and depleting the resources necessary for survival of the species
Evolution and nature have no method for keeping populations in check besides cruelty & starvation. Why do something redundant like
re-wire the DNA of a creature to not favor self-preservation when the balancing of populations will come naturally through conflict over scarce resources and famine?
It's not like the mass overpopulation of geese or deer needs to be fixed by an evolutionary process when it happens. They just starve to death in the winter.
That's your mistress for ye!
How does "continuation of the species" equate with morality?
It is a moral question. You are completely right... It isn't necessarily, as a given, 'moral' to continue the species if, say, in order to preserve humanity we had to totally displace and destroy an intelligent species that deserves to exist of its own right (if we can think of such a Sci Fi world).
But it is certainly a moral question...
If the human population has been incredibly depleted and there are 17 people left in 'your known world,' and of them all of the viable breeding partners have paired off and are couples except for you and a suitable breeding partner... Well, it doesn't really matter how you feel about them; deciding to practice 'celibacy!' because you might not actually love them deeply is not a moral choice.
The moral choice is to breed so as to insure the survival of your tribe and, in this case, species.
They cater to what brings in viewers. It is about advertising on broadcast television. Very rarely does a show survives if it doesn't bring in viewers for the time slot. Shows with gay leads sink or swim like any other show.
Yes, many shows do have gay characters, very few shows have Asian and hispanic leads.
For oh so long we have had gay performers. Was that politically correct?
The term politically correct is so often used out of context, just to cover and defend offensive behavior.
Yes, there are many gay characters on television. It is not a matter of political correctness, it is the networks giving audiences what they think they want to see. Ergo, the flood of low i.q. Police, courtroom, and medical dramas.
Black...ish, is one of the shows they think a large audience wants to see. I doubt that it will air ten episodes before being canceled.
Yes and no, but to support your yes: that is why inappropriate contentography sells (or is actively viewed/sought). Not because there is any particularly good quality to it; not because it is 'entertaining' or brings a good message; but because it caters to the most low and base manifestation of the human libido.
On some level, all entertainment is made for the lowest common denominator minus a few niche sows, and every show tries to take up a specific portion of a specific demographic and fails if it does not do so.
It is worth noting that Television's primary demographic is female;
Check this out:
There are a few broadcast primetime series -- excluding
sports -- being watched by more men than women that are doing well, but they number a handful. The entire Fox Sunday animation block of The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Bob's Burgers and The Cleveland
Show is watched by more men than women, and CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes is watched by more men in the 18-49 demo than women by a slight margin.
The CBS freshman drama Vegas, the network's attemptto reach more men with a series, averages just a 1.7 among the 18-49 demo overall, and a 1.8 among women in the demo. At the other end of the success spectrum in the demo sits the Fox drama The Following which is averaging a 2.8 18-49 rating, and a 3.0 among women in the demo. And CBS drama Person
of Interest is also close in ratio, averaging a 2.7 in the demo overall,
and a 2.9 among women 18-49.
Women Viewers Continue to Rule Broadcast Primetime | Broadcasting & Cable
Here is an example of some of those charts:
Lexicalist.com - Demographics of Popular TV Shows
Men spend 40 minutes less in front of the TV and have far less 'appointment' shows, and they are 4 times more likely to say they enjoy watching sports, and women are twice more likely to say that they enjoy watching dramas, and even the very nature of what excites them about the same show is incredibly different:
His And Hers Tv: How Men's And Women's Viewing Habits Differ - Orlando Sentinel
Most of the shows are designed for women -- they are meant to pull at their heart stringes and fulfill their fantasies. I watch one popular drama with my girlfriend -- Grey's Anatomy. We got sucked into it because the first 1-2 seasons wasn't bad, and I keep watching personally to keep tabs on the mainstream culture's insanity on issues like sexuality.
Otherwise, the only shows I watch are my favorite comedies and sports.
It is interesting to note that the Iranian Television programming that I occasionally watch, which is geared towards women, tend to focus very much on motherhood and familial relationships, and as opposed to 'excitement' involving sexual adventures it involves the excitement around broken families, illness, etc. it is not as if you cannot create a show without appealing to some sexuality...
This brings up the point on
why you are wrong:
Television is, always has been, and always will be, a tool for social manipulation by elites.
Iranian broadcasts favor family centered messages, religiosity, overcoming poverty or drug abuse as themes in cinema and TV; other popular foreign shows are often action ones or even Korean broadcasts because just like Iranian ones they tend to favor the same themes.
American broadcasts have always been pushing agendas and attempting to promote multiculturalism even from as early as I Love Lucy, and promoting feminism & multiculturalism throughout the sixties and seventies, and they have climaxed with the political messages over the last decade.
To think that you are not daily subjected to organized propaganda yet, say, an Iranian or a Russian is, but you are somehow the 'exception' is a bit silly.
All is social manipulation. All is bias.
Attitudes are changing, and people are becoming much more tolerant and comfortable with homosexuals being able live open lives. Political correctness or common decency?
That is because we have been under propaganda bombardment since the 90s on the gay issues; it's been the last few years it has been ratcheted up. Even just watch the whole course of a series lie Law & Order and you will see this amazing evolution.