Liberty University:

(Liberty University according to their website is nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family. Established in 1989, Liberty Counsel is a nationwide organization with offices in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C., and hundreds of affiliate attorneys across the nation)

Mat Staver*, dean of Liberty University School of Law and founder of Liberty Counsel, appeared on CBS’ “The Early Show” Wednesday morning regarding a complaint Liberty Counsel filed with the FCC against ABC for airing the controversial performance by Adam Lambert during the 2009 American Music Awards.
Dean Staver said on the national television program that Lambert’s performance was shocking and patently offensive. He said Lambert’s performance came without warning and that ABC should be fined for airing the segment.
In the complaint, the performance was called “obscene” and “indecent.” Under the laws regulating televised broadcasts, particularly between the family viewing hours of 6 to 10 p.m., the Federal Communications Commission prohibits obscene or indecent performances. “Liberty Counsel urges the Commission to take action against ABC, Inc., for airing such an outrageously lewd and filthy performance during a show and time period that is targeted for family audiences,” the complaint reads.

The text of the complaint is below:

Fragments of the press release published on Liberty Council homepage:

(Mat Staver is a writer and author of among others book called Same Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk

Liberty Counsel has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against the American Broadcasting Company (“ABC”) for airing an outrageously lewd and filthy performance by Adam Lambert on November 22, 2009 during the 2009 American Music Awards.
Prior to going on-air, Lambert explained that his motive went beyond performing. According to the Associated Press, Lambert “wanted to break down a double standard that existed where female performers are often sexually provocative while men don’t do it that often.”
When faced with the opportunity to edit the performance before airing it on the West Coast, ABC’s reaction was to promote Lambert’s indecent acts and actually tease and tout his actions as “what everyone will be talking about tomorrow.” This shows that ABC used Lambert’s obscene sexual conduct and not his vocal performance to promote its show.

2 very different comments from the same media:

Jennifer Vanasco: Why Adam Lambert is hurting guy marriage

And yes, Adam Lambert, your performance on ABC’s American Music Awards this week was not really all that raunchy. (…)
What I’d call it, instead, is misguided.
Here’s my problem.
When you were worried about winning a contest, you didn’t want to openly attest to being gay. BUT, when you wanted to make a splash in public, when you wanted to get noticed – suddenly you were all about gay sexuality.
And what is the mainstream most worried about, Adam Lambert? Why are they afraid of our partnerships, our service to our country, our working lives, our families? They are worried because they think gay life is exactly what you portrayed on the American Music Awards: focused on the kind of sex that turns people into animals, geared toward enticing children (ABC is a network owned by Disney, for heaven’s sake), degrading, rapacious, empty.
(…) Because of people like you, who use sexuality thoughtlessly in order to advance your own agenda, instead of thinking about the very real consequences your actions will have on others’ civil rights.

Jim David Adam Lambert, My Hero

When Lambert said that a double standard exists that allows female performers to give highly sexual performances and not male performers, he’s right. Come to think of it, he wasn’t doing anything that Jim Morrison didn’t do in the late 60s. Was his performance a bit much for prime time TV? Probably. But, as I posted here and here, a lot of negative reaction to Lambert is based on homophobia. Trust me, it is. A brief glance at reader postings on conservative sites such as Free Republic show the most vile, hate-filled antigay comments imaginable that have nothing to do with his performance and everything to do with his sexuality.
Lambert is not only out of the closet, he’s out of the closet and in your face. Rock stars have shown in your face sexuality for years, but it’s never before been so gay. Lambert is unafraid to push this particular envelope. That’s never been done before, especially by an artist at the very beginning of his career. This guy has major, major cojones. He wears more eye makeup than an 80 year old Jewish lady at the Friar’s Club, for God’s sake.
I can’t wait to see him live.