Posted on 02/18/2020 5:20:41 AM PST by Kaslin
If you have kids, or if you ever were a kid, you know about the television show Sesame Street. It’s been around for more than 50 years and it’s been appropriately described as an American institution, with lovable characters, entertaining stories, and unique music. It was the first television show to base its content on educational goals and a curriculum, and for so many children (and their parents), it made learning fun.
Indeed, if there’s one street that always felt safe for children, it was Sesame Street. And why not? It features a plethora of friendly puppets, an 8-foot tall yellow bird with no teeth, and a character named Mr. Snuffleupagus. Does any of this sound the least bit alarming? The show teaches concepts such as numbers and letters, and values including kindness, sharing, cooperation, and respect.
Of course, the show hasn’t been immune to criticism during its 50-year run. Google “Sesame Street controversy” and you will find plenty of examples. That shouldn’t be surprising, because like most media and entertainment, Sesame Street has long been located near the intersection of culture and progressive ideology.
But now, as culture becomes evermore polarized, and “progressive ideology” becomes increasingly “progressive,” parents need to ask themselves a serious question: Is Sesame Street still a “safe place” for my children?
For many, recent headlines have thrust this question to the foreground.
Sesame Street recently announced it will feature Billy Porter on an upcoming episode. Who is Billy Porter? He’s an actor and entertainer, and he’s been described as a “gay icon.” Billy stars in Pose, a television show about New York City’s LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming ballroom culture scene. In 2013, he won a Tony Award for his portrayal of “drag queen” Lola in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots. And last year, he made waves when he donned a black velvet tuxedo gown to the 2019 Oscars.
In case you’re wondering, Billy brought that dress to Sesame Street.
Not surprisingly, Sesame Street’s announcement generated quite the stir. Nearly 60,000 people have signed a LifeSite petition, asking HBO and its parent company, AT&T, to drop the episode. Billy responded, “If you don’t like it, don’t watch it,” and further told critics to “[s]tay out of my bedroom.”
Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, countered, “Leave the bedroom out of our children's shows, and it won't be our business.” He also noted that it appears Sesame Street is focused on teaching the letters “L-G-B-T.”
What’s a parent to do?
First, acknowledge the obvious. The most effective way to change the course of a nation is to begin with its children. Those who seek to advance a new sexual orthodoxy understand this as well as anyone. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that “drag queen story hour” is sweeping the country. Or that schools are implementing sex indoctrination programs under the guise of “education.” These actions are simply part of the effort to reshape how children view human biology and sexuality.
Recently, I shared about my trip to the local library with my kids, where I came across a featured book in the children’s section entitled “The GayBCs.” It introduced children to definitions of words including “gay,” “lesbian,” “drag,” “transgender,” “non-binary,” and more.
Perhaps those who pull the puppet strings on Sesame Street decided it wasn’t sufficient for children to read about these issues in a book — they also need to see them on screen.
Second, acknowledge the obvious…again. Billy Porter describes himself as an “advocate.” It would be incredibly naïve to assume he has no opinion on these issues, and equally naïve to suppose he wouldn’t want to capitalize on opportunities to advance that opinion.
Third, take a deep breath and control what you can control. We don’t yet know what Billy talked about on camera when he visited Sesame Street. We do know that children are sponges and television programs are influential. There’s no shortage of studies demonstrating the major impact television has on children’s attitudes and behavior. What kids watch, they learn. So what kids watch matters.
Parents play – or should play – a vital role in determining what their kids are watching and learning. It’s axiomatic that society offers one view of human sexuality, and the Bible offers another. You can control which view is predominantly presented to your children. You can take it upon yourself to teach your children or grandchildren age-appropriate truth about how God created us male and female, and about His design for human sexuality and marriage.
Here’s the bottom line: there may be a lot of great content on Sesame Street, but as a parent, you need to keep one eye on the puppets and another eye on their friends.
Outside of the Cookie Monster, it isn’t.
Leftist perverts destroy everything — the locusts of culture.
Sesame Street WAS a good idea. As with ALL THINGS GOOD, the Leftists in the entertainment industry have destroyed it with their politics. Sad.
I might as well post this early!
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Leviticus niv
18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it.
Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
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2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.
They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
Thank goodness for re-runs from the bygone days.
Stay out of his bedroom.... But he wants to take all your children into his bedroom...
As long as you don’t drop the soap around Bert and Ernie.
What the left leaves out of the homosexual debate is the actual sex acts that are performed by the male homosexual. If there were graphic displays of anal sex, people would be disgusted. I think a lot of gullible people think that homos just love each other and hold hands. Not!
“Stay out of my bedroom.”
Gladly. It’s a toxic waste site.
Now you get off my lawn!
‘Sesame Street’ has become ‘Meet the Feebles’. It just isn’t a kids’ show anymore.
Mr. Snuffleupagus was brought on as an allegory to child molestation. The point was to teach kids that they can see things that adults can't see - or are wilfully blind to. It's also why he is designed the way he is. Sesame Street is capable of working on levels that the parents might not be aware of.
Never was.
Obviously
I'm not the least bit interested in their deviant lifestyles.
At least parents can turn it on and see what they are doing and then turn it off. However, they don’t have this much control of what is happening inside the classrooms of America.
Not since they introduced the Muppet with AIDS several years back.
They stopped being harmless edu-tainment and became a multi-billion dollar property to push politics while still getting tax dollars.
It never was safe.
From it's very beginning. My father would not allow me to watch it. I did not allow my children to watch it. And my children don't allow my grandchildren to watch it.
Every once in a while channel scanning I will stop and look at programs like Sesame Street just to see what is going on . I find Sesame Street a foreign land. That's not the America where I grew up.
I got Sesame Street in very small doses when I was little. Instead of tv, I had books read to me, and I watched a lot of old videos. (Favorite: Faerie Tale Theatre on vhs.)
I got the hang of reading by age 2, but nothing beats reading along with a happy and engaged parent.
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