Happy Father's Day from CBS Sunday Morning: Tallulah's Two Dads

My wife and I often flip on CBS Sunday Morning while we get ready to attend Lord's Day Worship, and this morning was no different.  However this morning happened to be Father's Day.  I expected CBS to air a story about a courageous veteran spending his first Father's Day home with his family, or some great example of a honorable man who sacrifices and serves his family through discipline and leadership.  I'm not really sure why expected this, however.

Instead, I saw an offensive story about Mark Bromley (Daddy) and David Salie (Papa), two homosexual men who adopted an infant girl, Tallulah.  If you dare, watch the piece here.  They enumerated a list of ten things they've learned as "parents."  The first was explaining how being a dog owner had helped them prepare for parenthood.  I'm not going to say any more about these to people and their reprehensible lifestyle and parenting philosophy.

This is a dismal display of where the liberal media is steering our country's thinking.  It's this kind of garbage that purposefully sticks it's thumb into the eye of traditional American moral standards and panders to a small segment of society which actually accepts the homosexual lifestyle.  People slowly begin to think that if household names like CBS Sunday promote this ideology that it must also be common and mainstream.  Nothing could be further from the truth, however.

The Old and New Testaments of the Bible both teach that homosexual relationships are sin, and are against God's perfect will for humans. 

Romans 1:24-27 NKJV  Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,  25  who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.  26  For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.  27  Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

If God saw this lifestyle and family structure as ideal for propagating the human race and building society, then He would not only support it, but command it.  However, God has forbidden it; not because God has taboos or preferences, but because He designed the universe to operate optimally in a certain way.  God teaches us that to honor Him is to acknowledge the differences in men and women, and live in a way that is clean, honorable, pure, natural, acceptable and correct.

May God help His people to stand strong against all political and societal pressure to accept and embrace sinful lifestyles--whatever the type.

ABC Family: FAMILY?!?!

When you hear "ABC Family," what comes to mind?  Perhaps a cable station dedicated to providing programing and content which is suitable for--well, the whole family, right?  Well, that really depends.

Have you seen any series or episode trailers for the shows on ABC Family?  On commercial breaks, ABC showcases their newest series and upcoming episodes.  One of the most popular series on the channel is called "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."  Does that sound like family programming to you?  I know what secrets teenagers lived when I was one.  I expect to see that kind of stuff on major network prime-time or on channels like HBO and Showtime (which I choose not to subscribe to).

"Secret Life" revolves around a group of feuding teenagers who wrestle with sexuality, get pregnant and converse with gay/lesbian adults.  Channel-surfing one evening with my wife, I actually saw two adult women engage in romantic mouth-kissing.  Mind you, this wasn't at 11:30 p.m.  It was 7:00 p.m.  Here's the episode synopsys:

"Amy’s excited for a night away in a hotel with Ricky. She bonds with his mom and foster mom and they both agree she is the best thing that happened to Ricky. Even though Adrian did all that she could to take care of her unborn baby, the baby dies. Adrian and Ben are devastated and Adrian asks to see Amy. The girls hug and cry together. This terrible tragedy brings Amy closer to Ricky, the father of her child, and she decides to have sex with Ricky."

I know this sort of thing happens on television all the time, but keep two things in mind: one, these are teenagers; and two, and this is ABC Family.

It wouldn't be so bad if this station had bad programming all the time (if it did, kids wouldn't necessarily want to turn to it), but it also runs movies like "Finding Nemo" and the "Karate Kid" next to raunchy sitcoms like "That 70's Show" and Adam Sandler movies.  So, is this what you personally consider to be "family" programming?  I think it really depends on what kind of family you want to have!

Instead of filling our homes with filth, let's strive to create an environment where the holiness of God's Word is the strongest influence.  Adults should set the example of choosing wholesome entertainment, and select movies and shows that are age-appropriate for whomever is allowed to watch them.