I used to be a fan of The Amazing Race. It’s a pretty cool concept. A dozen “teams” of two take part in a worldwide race against time, challenges, the elements, and airports in an effort to be the first team to the final destination … and the winner of one million dollars.
It’s been clear from the beginning that the producers of this program, as with most reality TV shows, are and have been obsessed with the normalizing and mainstreaming of homosexual behavior. Each season has at least one, and sometimes two, homosexual couples. Or, the show seems to take particular joy in televising a parent with a homosexual child.
But this latest season takes the proverbial cake. The homosexual couple on season 12, which began last night, are Kate and Pat, lesbian “married” Episcopalian ministers from California. They present a situation that is so horribly, terribly, Scripturally wrong on a multiplicity of levels.
So this new season takes the obsession to a new realm. The producers have moved beyond taking homosexuality to the cultural mainstream. Now they are trying to present it as “normal” within the context of Christianity.
No thanks, CBS. I’ll watch some truly uplifting family programming over on ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
November 5, 2007 at 4:16 pm
It is very sad that most, if not all, reality shows have come to this. I too have a very hard time watching these shows. As for incorporating Christianity into the picture, the LORD must be real dissappointed in us.
Furthermore, when the name of God or Jesus is brought up on any television show, I cringe at what is going to be said. I’ve come to the realization that these writers/producers of these shows “just don’t get it.”
In addition, I want to comment on the show “Survivor.” A few weeks ago, there was a post about the Christian lady (who happened to be voted off) that drew a few comments. The following episodes didn’t prove to be much better when the producers had a field day when James, the gravedigger, made the comment that “only people that pray are going to hell.” That also was disturbing to hear.
November 6, 2007 at 10:06 am
James,
You speak the truth. These “reality TV” programs, if nothing else, demonstrate the “reality” of how far our culture has drifted away from its biblical moorings.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, buddy.
Geoff