Is CBS Afraid Of The Gay?

There's a new View coming up.

I know! Do we really need another View?

Well, apparently CBS, and Sara Gilbert, think so.

This fall CBS will begin airing a Sara Gilbert [Darlene from TVs Roseanne] produced, View-like talk show featuring a bunch of women sharing their, well, views.

But, while Gilbert is the Executive Producer of the show, and it seems to have been her idea, her life as an openly gay woman is too much for CBS to deal with, though they have no issues with detailing the personal lives of the other women--Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini, and Marissa Jaret Winokur--on the show.

From a CBS press release touting the new show:

Julie Chen . . . lives in New York and Los Angeles with her husband, Leslie Moonves, with whom she has a son and 3 stepchildren.
Holly Robinson Peete . . . and her husband of 15 years are the proud parents of four children. They currently reside in Los Angeles.
Sharon Osbourne . . . lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Ozzy Osbourne. They have three children.
Leah Remini . . . lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Angelo Pagan, and daughter and three stepsons.
Marissa Jaret Winokur . . . and her husband, comedy writer Judah Miller, reside in Los Angles [sic] with their son Zev.
Sara Gilbert . . . lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Now, to be fair, in another press release, this one from CBS News, Sara Gilbert does get the full treatment: "Gilbert is a lesbian mom, raising two children with partner Allison Adler."

But still, the network seems kind of intent on playing down the lesbian partnership and parenting aspect of one of their co-hosts while playing up those same things in the others.

I'm not sure I like that view.