Assignment 1-3

Gay TV and Straight America,
A journal analysis
In a world of offense and political correctness I will attempt to cover this controversial topic without offending anyone. However, opinions do vary and mine may very well be different from yours. Since the essence of this topic is about accepting people who are different, please accept me for my opinion as well. I have always made it clear to anyone who knows me that I am strictly against the idea of the gay lifestyle and certain rights that they fight for. The areas discussed in this journal are the opinions of someone who has read the book written by Ron Becker titled “Gay TV and Straight America”. It is unclear to me whether or not the writer of this journal agrees with the issues at hand. He seems to be merely stating things matter-of-factly. Although the book and the book review appear to focus on the political aspect of the television programs changing to attract the gay community, I believe that there is a much more crucial moral battle taking place here. (Catapano, 2007)
It is my opinion that the overwhelming amount of gay media that is being forced upon us from every media vehicle possible is intended to do nothing more than desensitize the world to an immoral behavior. The more gay material they can saturate the world with, the more likely future generations will be to accept their lifestyle. I was witness to a married man standing up in front of a church congregation that included his wife and daughter to inform all that he had been “fighting” feelings of pursuing a gay lifestyle for years and had recently made the decision to leave his wife and child to do just that. Naturally his wife and daughter were devastated and embarrassed to the point of moving to another state to escape the familiarity of their surroundings and start over. She of course blames herself partially and will suffer psychological issues for a long time if not forever. Years ago my best friend’s brother stood up at the dining room table just before Christmas dinner to tell his entire family that he was gay which of course ruined the entire family’s dinner and holiday season.
Society dictates what behavior is acceptable and what is not, what is moral and ethical and what is not. I think society is clearly saying that this is immoral and unacceptable behavior when they refuse to give marriage rights and other political and social rights to this group. Yet we continue to get inundated with gay material by television, movies, advertisements, newspapers, etc. There are many books available that are targeting early grade school children to teach them about children having two dads. Do an internet search for “two dads” and look at the information that comes up. Some of the book reviews on amazon.com are from grade school teachers telling about using these books to educate children. They are teaching our children that the gay lifestyle is okay and normal. How does this happen when society is clearly saying that they don’t agree with this? Home schooling has become a very popular means of educating one’s children because of issues like this one. Legislation is attempting to be pushed through allowing this kind of curriculum under names that disguise their true agenda. Names such as “health learning standards” and “family life education” are being used to get people to vote them in without reading them. (Montez, 2007)
I am sure most of you have formed an opinion on this issue and have based your decision on everything you know about right and wrong. I encourage you to vote your opinions when the time comes. Every supporter of gay rights is sure to vote when given the chance but those of us who oppose the issue seem to sit home and voice our opinions of disapproval but never make it to the voting booths to ensure the moral and ethical soundness of our future generations is kept intact. There is a plethora of information available online about the aggressive way these liberal groups are pushing their agenda to get this immoral curriculum forced into legislation and into your child’s school. Do your part and research this topic to prevent your children from being taught that immoral behavior is okay.


References:

Catapano, P. (2007) The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 40, issue 1, p. 172-174
Retrieved on January 20, 2008 from the Lexis Nexis database.

Montez, J. (2007) Family News in Focus, Pro-gay curriculum sneaks into D.C. schools. Retrieved January 22, 2008 from the web address http://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000005864.cfm.