Story: "Hallmark Channel Triggers Backlash After Featuring Homosexual Wedding in Upcoming Movie."

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Oh, would you look at that. “Cancel culture is out of control”.
 
Hallmark is a little cheesy for my taste. My issue is these movies aren’t “wholesome” in the Catholic sense to begin with, as there’s plenty of premarital sex etc. Society’s view of wholesome keeps moving along with the times.

Maybe it’s my own laxity, but I can’t get too bent out of shape by this. I mean, I watch Queer Eye, and enjoy it very much! It doesn’t purport to be a Christian show, and therefore can’t really be faulted for not promoting Christian values.
 
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I have lived half a century and have never watched a Hallmark film.

It’s possible!
 
For awhile I was watching their movies. But I noticed extreme acceptance of divorce (not just divorced persons), not as any kind of exception, but as a norm.

When movies touched on religion, it was to exalt “spirituality” as a goal in itself. One movie the character originally was delayed getting to heaven, so she did a couple superficial good deeds. She was allowed to enter heaven now, but turned it down, because Earth is where the Love is.
 
F_Marturana said:
I have lived half a century and have never watched a Hallmark film.

It’s possible!
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Same here.

I’m sorely tempted, though. Our TiVo picked up a Hallmark film that involves ice skating. I think it’s called “Falling For You” or “Falling In Love” or something involving the word “falling.” My husband and I have several times said, “We should watch that,” but somehow we always find something better to watch.

But this gay wedding thing–eugh. We watched the gay wedding on Modern Family–but it was hilarious. So many funny FUNNY things happened in the episode that the “gayness” kind of slipped under the radar.
 
I’ve never watched “Modern Family” either.

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I haven’t really seen too many sitcoms the last number of years.
 
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I’ve never watched “Modern Family” either.

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I haven’t really seen too many sitcoms the last number of years.
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I really like Sophia Vergara, and when Modern Family was on after the late news (10:30 pm for us), I kind of stayed on the sofa and watched. It’s SOOOO funny!

During the COVID shutdown, my husband and I decided to order the DVD set and watch the whole show in order. We’ve really enjoyed it, and still have 5 seasons to go.

Yes, there are things on that show that Catholics/Christians would definitely find unacceptable because they are sinful. E.g., sex outside of marriage by the teens, the gay couple–actually, that’s about all I can think of that we find sinful.

But in spite of these issues, my husband and I find the show incredibly touching and family centered. The message of “FAMILY” is so strong, especially the message of the importance of children–the parents on the show sacrifice so much for their kids! And the kids, in spite of their faults, remain close to their parents and to their siblings. And everyone WORKS so hard–that’s a conservative message that my husband and I really like.

The Christmas episodes are very touching and hit home for me and my husband. We have similiar “family gatherings” (at least, we have until this season–I think that between COVID and my mother-in-law’s Alzheimers, it’s just not going to happen this year, and that makes me and my husband very sad). In the past, our family gatherings have been occasions for big family fights, hilarious games and other activities, deep conversations, etc.–just like the ones on Modern Family.

And six months later, no matter how crazy the Christmas gathering was, family members sigh and say, “Remember that great time we had making caramel corn when it caught on fire?” or whatever. And I’m happy/sad to say that when the doctor asked my mother in law what her best memory is, she answered with the name of our family gathering (which I won’t say here because it reveals where we live).

Sigh. That’s why we like Modern Family–it’s so familiar. It’s us.

I think that often, supposedly “Christian” shows, films, plays, etc. lack a real-life element that the secular (sinful) shows have. I wish we had more Christians writers who did good TV/films. I know they’re out there–I believe that Tim Allen’s first show (the tool guy show) had Christian writers, and it was also a darned good show!
 
Sophia Vergara is very funny.

About 7 or so years ago we lost TV service to our home for almost a year. So I really lost that habit of watching sitcoms in the evening.
 
My late mother loved Hallmark Channel. We’d watch When Calls the Heart and other good series/movies.

When I heard that they cowered and allowed a pro-SSA commercial I stopped watching it (except for a few Christmas movies which we liked). Now I’m going to give it up entirely.
 
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About 7 or so years ago we lost TV service to our home for almost a year. So I really lost that habit of watching sitcoms in the evening.
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I was without TV for almost a month after moving into my condo. Now I have my TV back & I’m more judicious re what I watch now.
 
I did the same with the pro-SSA commercial. I only ever watched the Christmas movies and I do sometimes miss them but not enough to continue to support the channel.
 
The “backlash” won’t do anything. It’s best to ignore things like this rather than boycott.
 
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