Posted on 03/10/2005 9:42:05 AM PST by newsgatherer
Regardless of one's opinion of "The Simpsons", one has to admit the show has no problem tackling controversial material most would rather sweep under the rug. And even though it would have been better had producers left the issue of gay marriage alone, the show was able to inject a degree of its classic subversive wit into what could have been an approach characterized by nothing but a doctrinaire political correctness.
When most heard sodomite matrimony was coming to the quintessential American town of Springfield, most assumed the abomination would be heralded with typical Hollywood applause and accolades. And though I would be uncomfortable with letting younger children view the episode, it was not without humorous aspects exposing the hypocrisy inherent to this social outrage.
For gay nuptials were not ultimately sanctioned in this fictional municipality out of a warped interpretation of love or equity but rather in an attempt to bring back lost tourist dollars after...
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Sigh... I remember when the Simpsons were funny.
It was funny. Almost as good as last night’s transgender/transracial/transspecies episode of South Park. Neither were friendly to Democrats.
It was funny. It was not friendly to the homosexual agenda at all, it showed the homosexuals as perverted and deranged, and the "gay marriage" supporters as hucksters looking to make a buck off of peoples' vanity and gullibility.
I think most of us here took a wait and see attitude although there were some that went off about it for no reason.
I think I agree.
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