BOYZONE - BOYZONE SLAMMED FOR GAY MUSIC VIDEO

BOYZONE SLAMMED FOR GAY MUSIC VIDEO

Irish pop group BOYZONE have been criticised for featuring a gay couple in their new music video.
The promo for the band's single Better features singer Stephen Gately, who is homosexual, getting up close with a male actor.
And according to Northern Ireland newspaper, the Dromore Leader, an Irish minister has now slammed the clip - claiming it sends a "deadly message to young people."
Reverend David MCCullough, minister of Dromore Reformed Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland, tells the publication, "This video, that will be watched by millions, is sending out a deadly message to young people.
"It is stating that homosexuality is simply another norm. The video very cleverly interweaves softly lighted, black and white images of heterosexual couples with a homosexual couple.
"The message is plain and the often repeated drum beating of the homosexual lobby that says that homosexuality is a normal lifestyle."