Is Gay kissing, On Emmerdale, before 7.30pm o.k. ?

[Oblomov]

It's just that Dh & I thought it was a bit 'full on', at that time, and were thankfull that ds was already in bed. Ds is 3.9 and normally goes to bed at around 7pm. But sometimes it is nearer 7.30 and he has seen glimpses of Emmerdale before.
The other night he was already in bed. And I know that gay scenes have been on other soaps in the past. Its just that I thought it was very explicit and I thought it was a bit too much for prime-time pre 7.30pm tv.
Or is that I should just make sure that any child is not exposed to tv at this time.
Did anyone else think it was a bit too much, or was it just me?

Ahh christmas day 7 years after the OP......ideal time to turn up for a bit of gay bashing!

Wow Zacaol you must really have a bee in your bonnet to think this is worth resurrecting a dead thread from 2007 to add your homophobic moan.

Fyi here's the gay agenda in detail.

Oh good grief, 7 year old thread. Really?
And how bigoted.

I don't get what there is to "explain" to children about homosexuality.

Child asks why two men/women are kissing - answer is because they love each other same as mum and dad/whomever do.

End of story.

What a ridiculous OP. It's a total non issue. Two people kissed. So what.

What messages are you giving your DC that they would notice or pass comment that the couple were not man/woman?

The post by Zacaol is meant to be a parody isn't it?

I don't watch any soaps but the answer to the question is simply that if the couple involved weren't doing anything which could be shown being done by a heterosexual couple then there's no issue.

I can't honestly remember ever explaining about homosexuality to my son. He knew we had friends who had same sex partners and no more questioned that than he did for our other friends.

Oh damn and blast.

Damn it.

It wouldn't even be worthy of a conversation in our house. DCs are 8 and 9 and know that men and men can love each other and ladies and ladies can love each other in just the same way that men and ladies can love each other!

If this isn't some type of pathetic joke, yes you abvvvvvu. Totally bloody ridiculous.

My gay agenda today:

Watch kids open stocking
Get Turkey out of fridge and prep it
Make breakfast
Watch kids open presents
Speak to parents on the phone
Cook veg
Yell at kids for leaving new toys all over the floor
Clean up
Assemble dessert
Bath the kids and put them to bed
Watch Miranda

Shocking stuff chez Hermione, I tell you.

Apologies, I had no idea it was a zombie thread.

Christ on a bike, this thread is older than my daughter...

I love a good gay agenda

Time travelling bigots

Someone give Santa Claus a call

7 year old zombie thread

Fucking hell, have you had such a shite day you had to trawl mnet for this?, idiot!

My DC's see their parents "gay kissing" daily. Should I not let them watch TV programmes that feature "straight kissing" I wonder?

Well hopefully opinions have improved form then.

If it was full-on straight kissing, would that be ok?

If your child is gay, or somewhere else on the spectrum between straight and gay, they will appreciate that most people now recognise the "normality" of gay kissing, and don't bother posting about it on MN.

Oops sorry, didn't realise it was a zombie :(

Blimey I didn't know this was a zombie thread either, I only joined this August.

Oh FFS.

You just say that sometimes ladies like ladies and men like men when little ones ask about homosexuality.

Gay kissing is no more inappropriate than any other kissing. What is inappropriate imo, are the content of all of the soaps for young children. The stuff they cover - murder, adultery, vengeance, violence, sex, emotional abuse, arson and the rest of the 101 things they deal with, are not what I'd want my child to be watching. The world will be queuing up to stand on their little fingers soon enough, without exposing them to the harsh realities and extreme situations of life.