14 DAY TRIAL // In March this year, singer Ricky Martin came out as gay after years and years of speculation. Since then, he’s been increasingly more open about his orientation, even doing a documentary for an Eurovision affiliate detailing some aspects of his personal life – it is now subject of a church protest.
The Advocate reports that the conservative church, based in Miami, is seriously upset about the message airing the documentary could send to children, saying that Martin is anything but a role model.
The star, it seems, is going on the record speaking about the first time he fell in love with a man and the first relation he had, and the church deems the material not suitable for a documentary to be aired during the day.
“In an English translation of the call to action, the Oscar Aguero Ministry slams Univision for presenting Martin as a role model to ‘the children who watched the program at the child friendly hour of 7 to 8 pm’,” The Advocate writes.
The documentary called “Ricky Martin… Without Secrets” aims to take a closer look at the singer’s personal life, even including some tidbits about his love life, in what must be a first for him since he’s been fiercely guarding his privacy until just recently.
The church believes some things should never be aired on TV, especially at an hour when children may be watching too – and it’s also convinced it has enough reason to file a complaint with the FCC.
“Univision’s complicity in transmitting this message deserves, on our side, our complaints before the FCC – the entity that regulates media in the Unites States – which says that any indecent or obscene content can be reported as a complaint,” the church says in a statement released over the weekend.
According to the same statement, Ricky Martin is found “guilty” of promoting a gay “agenda” even before he came out earlier this year, constantly encouraging people to live “la vida loca,” says the church.
As such, documentaries about his personal life should not air on television, says the same statement.