Because straight couples on soap operas never "bed hop." Nor have romantic triangles. Sheesh.

These morons should focus on their own… our youth have been increasingly exposed to more and more crude sexuality through talk shows and music videos than from gay couples on soap operas

If you say that you're okay with gays as long as you never have to see or hear about it, you're not okay with gays.

Most people were not attacking the gay kiss, they were attacking the very low standards of acting from the two 'actors' playing the characters.

The scenes were uncomfortable because THEY were umcomfortable.

Correct. Emmerdale have three of the worst actors playing all three gay characters. they are too bad for words

When anyone squawks about privacy, don't believe it for one second.

When you pull down your blinds in your own house, that is YOUR privacy. To the person on the street outside your house, that is not about HIS or HER privacy. It is about them not wanting to see your naked ass, or even worse… think of The Children. When they talk about privacy, it is about gay people putting a lid on it, not even discussing it. That is all it is. Like the Clinton Era Don't Ask/Don't Tell. Straight soldiers can tell all they want. Manly, yes!

I don't think it's ever appropriate to show British people kissing. That kind of thing is always already revolting.

Oh dear, look, it is a bunch of American inbreds not getting ANY facts what so EVER about what people were complaining about. I suggest you look up this crap fest storyline at http://www.afterelton.com You will see why people were 'complaining'. In fact, the gay press in the UK, attacked it too. What does that tell you?

"American inbreds"? I'd say our gene pool is a lot more diverse than your limey asses.

As far as this dudes statements go…Fuck him. He;s nothing more than a homophobe in denial.

This said it all:

"People in general do not wish to see two grown men kissing and cuddling and discussing their sex life".

Who is he to speak for everyone?, and does he feel the same way about seeing heterosexual couples have sex, kiss, and cuddle?

I don't think so.

No, Dear David Reed – you are the one missing the point. Regardless of what is on After Elton, the Op Ed in the Evening Mail quoted above was in fact complaining about the sight of gay people kissing.

This post is not about general complaints about Emmerdale. It is about one stupid moron who wrote a homophobic op ed while claiming to not be homophobic. It seems that you are the one who should read before typing.

If our guys are not going to be represented properly by actors who are supposed to ACT like gay men, then they shouldn't be on TV. Who wants to see kissing when they you know the actors would rather throw up

Regardless of how awful the actors are, the double standards that this fan who wrote the op-ed between hetero and homo characters is just close minded.

True. But in the UK, more fans have complained about the awful acting, rather than the actions. If the actors are awful do we really want to see how bad they are at kissing each other?