Why so many gay couples in tv shows?

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I can’t judge. I’ve never seen it so I’ll take your word for it
 
When I feel I am being tempted and I feel like I might fall to temptation because I’m not strong enough, I start praying the Jesus Prayer over and over again. It gives me strength to endure and I say in my mind ”Lord Jesus, please remove this temptation and dispel any demons or the devil who is trying to tempt me. I do not want to fall but I am not strong enough without your grace. Help me! Jesus is always there to help 🙂

Have mercy on me a sinner is such a humbling thing. When I go to adoration at my college, I lay prostrate before the Eucharist in a monstrance for an hour asking for mercy because I am a sinner. My favorite thing to reflect/meditate on is how much of a sinner I am. Not to wallow in my sinfulness but to realize how terrible I have been but despite that Jesus loves me and calls me to Him. Have mercy!
 
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Sad the modern world so vehemently supports something that is so intrinsically disordered, but I am not surprised in the least. Practicing Homosexuals (and others who act on same-sex attraction) need to be treated with love and mercy, just like all people, but the world has taken that to mean that homosexuality needs to be accepted. As someone who had two homosexual relationships in my early teens (though I have mainly dated the opposite sex), let me just say that “acceptance” didn’t help me feel any better. I felt bad because I was sinning, not because others didn’t accept my sin. But that is not the popular view, now it is all about what gives people pleasure, whether it is good for them or not.
 
RandomGirl said:
Do books that have been made into movies count?
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No, at least not unless it was made by Christians and the Christian elements were kept. I think the Narnia films might pass those tests, but I don’t remember Prince Caspian having any clear Christian themes, and I didn’t like Voyage of the Dawn Treader all that much, even if it was far better than most Christian entertainment.
RandomGirl said:
Also, veggie tales.
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I remember liking some of the episodes when I was really young. Still, a single show targeted at one demographic doesn’t exactly show that Christians are doing a lot of great work in TV.
RandomGirl said:
Prince of Egypt is really good, but that wasn’t made by Christians. It was made by dreamworks.
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I’m aware that some non-Christian studios tell stories taken from Jewish and Christian literature or are heavily inspired by it. They may not hit you over the head with it the same way a lot of Christian media does, but it’s there.

To me, though, that just shows that it isn’t necessary for Christians to create some “bubble” of their own entertainment. Studios and audiences don’t mind Christian-inspired stories. The problem is that a lot of these shows and movies just don’t do a good job.
GospelOfMatthew said:
The new Harry Potter spin-off (which is fantastic) mentions that Dumbledore is gay.
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J.K. Rowling mentioned that he was years ago, and there’s apparently a few hints of it sprinkled throughout the books. From what I remember, though, it wasn’t until Rowling’s comments that people started taking note of the hints in the books.
prayerrider said:
All part of indoctrination.
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How is putting a gay couple or someone with same-sex attraction in your show indoctrination?
 
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I have an aunt who lived with a women for years after growing up in a Catholic family but eventually she had a major conversion experience and she lives a single and celibate life now and is actually a lay Dominican. She is such a great role model of perseverance for me as she fought back against temptation and said no to pleasures of the flesh. We all need His mercy and He is so glad to give it to us!
 
Wow! That is an AWESOME testimony! It truly is possible with God’s help. I am glad to be away from that lifestyle, but I still have acquaintances who are actively gay, bi, etc. and your aunt’s story gives me hope for them. And yes, we are ALL sinners and God can pardon ANY sin. That is why He is so great.
 
prayerrider said:
Even if I wanted to, I would find it hard to summon the hubris to disagree with him.
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Thomas Aquinas was hardly infallible. He believed, for example, that women are intellectually inferior to men which is not true.
 
Can I have the source for that? Also, he did live in the 1200’s so women probably weren’t getting the best education compared to men
 
Ryan1 said:
Mental disorders, and the sin of sodomy suggested by men “marrying”, shouldn’t be celebrated nor glamourized, should they?
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But more people are gay than left-handed. It’s not a “mental disorder” by any definition. Also, homosexuals getting married doesn’t imply sodomy, just as heterosexuals getting married doesn’t imply oral sex.

You are welcome to not watch shows that offend you or you don’t like, or perhaps don’t share your values.

As a Christian, I used to have my kids watch VeggieTales. Then I saw how racist and flat out evil some of the episodes were, so I stopped. But you can keep watching them for all I care.
 
LateCatholic said:
Then I saw how racist and flat out evil some of the episodes were
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Any examples? I just remember the peas generally getting a bad reputation. Maybe that’s a problem if you really want your children eating their peas, but I don’t remember it turning me off peas. That was actually one of the few vegetables my mom could get me to eat though not as much as cucumbers, tomatoes, and broc…Oh wait! That show did influence my eating!!!
 
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You’re right. This has been going on for decades and people’s minds and hearts are being poisoned.
 
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It’s important to note that end around attacks on unrelated aspects of Aquinas’ work have nothing to do with his taxonomy of sexual sin.
 
Matt Fradd’s Pints With Aquinas Podcast is a great source on discussions Aquinas. Nobody is perfect, Aquinas wasn’t either. But he is a great saint and is a Doctor of the Church correct?

Custody of your ears and eyes very much implies why emotional chastity is so important. Especially with movies and tv shows trying to create emotional bonds. But, no need to open up a can of worms in this thread, emotional chastity is a discussion for another thread (something that plenty of Catholics on this forum think isn’t real :roll_eyes:)
 
An LGBT advocacy group called GLAAD has more influence than most people know.

“This morning, GLAAD released its annual Where We Are on TV report; a comprehensive forecast of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) characters expected in primetime scripted programming in the 2018-19 television season. This is the 23rd year GLAAD has tracked the presence of LGBTQ characters on television, and the 14th Where We Are on TV report. Four years ago, GLAAD expanded its count to quantify LGBTQ characters on original series there premiere on the streaming content providers Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix.”
 
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I can develop no emotional bond with anyone on TV. It would be wrong for me to do so.
 
Yes, thank you Ed. I was going to mention GLAAD earlier, myself.
Rather disingenious for anyone to argue that there is no agenda, when there are activist groups like GLAAD promoting the “homosexual activity is virtuous” lie so vigorously.
 
LateCatholic said:
As a Christian, I used to have my kids watch VeggieTales. Then I saw how racist and flat out evil some of the episodes were, so I stopped.
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Your going to have to cough up some solid examples here.
All the characters are vegatables.

Attempting to claim any particular racial group is represented would likely be a racist judgement itself.
 
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