Modern Family? I’m Confused
A few weeks ago I learned from Twitter that there are a bunch of people unhappy about Chaz Bono dancing with a woman on Dancing with the Stars.
Last night I learned that a lot of my 2,000+ Twitter followers (most of whom are evangelicals) LOVE Modern Family. I had a constant stream of excited tweets about last night’s season premier.
So, I’m confused… Do conservative Christians take issue with both shows, just Chazz, or do they really not care either way?
Based on my Twitter observations it seems as though conservative evangelicals had more of an issue with Chaz than with Cam and Mitchell adopting another baby on primetime. Maybe because Chaz is transgender? Because DWTS is real and Modern Family is fiction? Because Modern Family is crazy funny where as DWTS is corny and lame? IDK.
Maybe I just follow more liberals.
Thoughts?
P.S. I LOVE Modern Family… even with the new, talking Lily.
It’s a common refrain with many evangelicals sadly. They’ll bemoan DWTS and Chaz Bono, but also talk about the lament they have for the fact ‘The Sopranos’ is no longer on the air.
Somebody thought it was odd that I purposely skipped sex scenes or scenes with female nudity (or look away when it is on) but have no issue with watching violence. My response was, “The violence is fake. The naked woman is somebody’s daughter and not my wife.”
I suspect the fact that Chaz Bono is “real life” and ‘Modern Family’ is fiction like you point out, is a way for them to distinguish between the two. There’s always a simple solution of course:
Change the channel.
My father-in-law once preached a sermon titled “The Pornography of Violence”. Enough said, right :)