Christian Groups : "Hollywood on a mission to homosexualize America"

Christian groups from the heartland have slammed the Golden Globe Awards for just being to GAY. The groups have reportedly launched a furious campaign against Hollywood, claiming the Golden Globe Awards promote films with gay or "leftist" themes to serve a political agenda.

The backlash from the smart folk, started after Brokeback Mountain, based on a short story by The Shipping News author E Annie Proulx, won four awards on Tuesday. Director Ang Lee' Brokeback Mountain tells the story of the forbidden love that develops between two male cowboys (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) who meet on a Wyoming ranch in 1963.

"There has never been a homosexual cowboy movie," producer James Schamus said.

"We are using the codes and conventions of romance that have always applied to straight people very unapologetically. We don't care if anyone is upset about it."

Other winners included Philip Seymour Hoffman, named Best Actor for his portrayal of the homosexual writer Truman Capote; and Felicity Huffman, the Desperate Housewives star who played a transsexual with a gay prostitute son in Transamerica.

"Once again, the media elites are proving that their pet projects are more important than profit," Janice Crouse, of Concerned Women for America, said.

"None of the three movies - Capote, Transamerica or Brokeback Mountain - is a box office hit. Brokeback Mountain has barely topped $US25million ($33million) in ticket sales.

"If America isn't watching these films, why are they winning the awards?"

People are wondering whether the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will also reward Brokeback Mountain, potentially causing more drama.

Religious groups also pointed to the alleged political agenda of winners such as George Clooney, who won for his supporting role in Syriana, a film about the ethical pitfalls of the oil business; and Mary Louise Parker, who was rewarded for her performance in Weeds, a television comedy about a suburban mother turned marijuana dealer.

Stephen Bennett of Straight Talk Radio said: "When Hollywood is pumping out anti-family movies with sexually explicit, twisted and perverse themes that glorify homosexuality, transsexuality and every other kind of sexual immorality - then awarding itself for doing so - Middle America better take note.

"Hollywood (has) exposed its own corrupt agenda. (It) is no doubt out on a mission to homosexualize America."