I was over my parents house earlier and they were watching a hallmark movie and it was one of the new ones, and in it the female protagonist was talking to two ladies who I thought were her friends, but they were a couple. I know hallmark had a movie already where they had two men as one of the side couples which I guess I'm not surprised since they bent the knee ever since that whole commercial. My parents stopped watching it. They are very religious and I am a Christian as well (not a perfect Christian but I try). I believe the Bible speaks against lgbt along with thousands of other things, although I believe people should live how they want as long as they aren't hurting anyone and especially in todays climate I wouldn't talk to a gay person about they Bible unless they wanted to have a theological discussion.
I used to think my parents were going overboard because they stopped watching shows with gay characters. I didn't mind a gay side character here or there and even watched Torchwood (fast forwarded through romantic scenes). Now I've reached a point that I'm so tired of "representation" with lgbt, black people (the ones that peddle the everything is racist nonsense), females, and usually any show with hispanics nowadays has to push open borders. I will say that the best gay character I've seen would probably be Warehouse 13, but that was before you were constantly inundated about the need for "representation".
I guess I was disappointed with Hallmark because they took flack for quite a few years and didn't change. It is annoying that such a small group demands so much representation and companies bend the knee. I used to say they need their own channel/streaming service but that won't be enough.
I guess I was wise to have a general rule of thumb to only watch stuff made in 2014 or prior (with few exceptions) and besides that I am reading a lot more now.
Homosexuality is evil. Why would you be ok with it being represented in media as a Christian? I mean if it is depicted as some dark thing that someone overcame, sure, but otherwise it’s like saying “I don’t mind a little bit of rape or pedophilia in my films, just don’t overdo it guys!”.
Your parents have it right.
I guess I mean i can’t go out and lecture gay people about the Bible. They are free to live how they want regardless of what I think. But yes as for tv shows I’m getting to understand my parents point of view
Your parents are arguing from a position where the media you grew up around is a degenerated form of what they grew up around, in the same way that you argue that the media today is a degenerated form of what you grew up around. That's the "ratcheting effect" some of us speak of that conservatism goes through with each "progressive" victory.
I've mentioned before my love of Columbo which my parents also enjoy, but sometimes I wonder what someone my grandparents' age who grew up and lived in LA would have to say about the Los Angeles depicted in that show.
Good point. I love Columbo as well. I watched it with my grandmother when I would spend summers at my grandparents house.
Why not? People used to shame sluts for dressing the way they do. Or shame an alcoholic for behaving that way. Where is shame now?
Oh yeah it’s gone. Now everyone is “free to do whatever”. Why should they be comfortable doing it though?
I used to have a gay friend before when I was an atheist. If I knew then what I know now, I would have told him his lifestyle was evil and that he should stop it immediately. Why? Because someone’s gotta tell him. You would want someone to correct you if you were making a horrible decision, as we all would.
What's the point of becoming a laughingstock in your friend circle, including the right-wing circles, just to push a laughable boomer meme?
I understand that you are a weak person easily influenced by what others think, but I'm saying what you would do if you were a true Christian.