Get ready for your mouth to drop open. Not for all of us. Some of us remember when the world was like this. Some of us remember it like it was yesterday. Younger people may look at this in an almost campy way, finding it hard to take seriously. But this is exactly what the world was like in 1967, years before the American Psychological Association officially declared that homosexuality was not a mental illness. Put this into perspective. This was only 40 years ago. So to all those activists who still believe we can talk our way out of this equal rights mess, I hope you take that into consideration. The prejudice against homosexuals plays on a very deep level in much of the country.
In 1967 there were only 3 networks. No cable. No Dish. No remote controls. And not a lot of color. TV broadcasts ended at the same time each night, around midnight, when the screens would switch to static, after a momentary patriotic send off. The Homosexuals first aired on Tuesday, March 7, 1967, at 10 p.m. Mike Wallace hosted and Gore Vidal appears to tell it like it is.
Some "facts" pointed out in this piece…
“They frequent their own bars … where they can act out…”
“The average homosexual isn’t capable of love.”
“Homosexuality is, in fact, a mental illness.”
“The church has a great deal of sympathy for those who are handicapped in this way.”
“[Being a homosexual] automatically rules out that [the man in question] will remain happy.”
Take a look. Our history is fascinating. It runs about 45 minutes, but don’t let that stop you.
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