Did you know many Web-filtering services implement what The Associated Press (AP) describes as a “security over-reach” that combines gay-themed advocacy websites with child porn sites so they are blocked from most web surfers?
Symantec announced today that this protocol has changed. In a statement released today they said while customers can still set web searches to block offensive websites, there will no longer be an option to block websites because they relate to sexual orientation. For guys like me who host pg-rated gay themed blogs this is music to my ears because the more we can do to end this odd pairing of “gay” with porn – the better. I have no problem with people looking for explicit content but simply using search terms like “gay” should not set off alarms for web filters to block sites.
Even more heartening is that Symantec’s move has infuriated the conservative American Family Association. They released a statement saying websites advocating gay rights promote dangerous propaganda and should be able to be blocked. To which I say, “Get a life.”
You can read more about this here.
BosGuy 
I once created two blogs for the sake of an experiment. Both blogs contained an article from the AP. One blog used the term “gay” throughout, the other used the word “homosexual.” Otherwise they were identical. I ran them through utilities to rate them and the gay one was consistently turned down as offensive, while the other always passed with flying colors.
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Needless to say, the American Family Association fails to recognize how dangerous their own propaganda is.
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