Wedding-planning startup, Zola stopped advertising with Hallmark after the network pulled an ad featuring a same-sex couple. Yesterday night Hallmark reversed its decision to ban the ads and the company’s CEO apologized by rachsandl
its decision to ban the ads and the company’s CEO apologized.: Wedding-planning startup Zola will no longer advertise on the Hallmark channel after the network bowed to pressure from a conservative group and removed a Zola ad featuring two brides kissing.that it pulled one of six Zola ads that showed two brides at the altar kissing because “the debate surrounding these commercials on all sides was distracting from the purpose of our network, which is to provide entertainment value.
about media with LGBTQ themes. The group launched a petition with more than 27,000 signatures to get the ad removed on the grounds that it wasn’t “family friendly.” After the ad’s removal created an uproar, Zola said it would no longer advertise with Hallmark. “The only difference between the commercials that were flagged and the ones that were approved was that the commercials that did not meet Hallmark’s standards included a lesbian couple kissing. Hallmark approved a commercial where a heterosexual couple kissed.
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