{"id":569,"date":"2005-02-22T11:23:42","date_gmt":"2005-02-22T18:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/wp2\/uncategorized\/buck-the-public-mood\/"},"modified":"2005-02-22T11:23:42","modified_gmt":"2005-02-22T18:23:42","slug":"buck-the-public-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/theirs\/buck-the-public-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"Buck the Public Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Crossmap News| 'Simpsons' Animates Homosexual Marriage, Stirs Debate\" href=\"http:\/\/news.crossmap.com\/story\/simpsons-animates-homosexual-marriage-stirs-debate\/2130.htm\">Crossmap News| &#8216;Simpsons&#8217; Animates Homosexual Marriage, Stirs Debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>L. Brent Bozell III, president of the Parents Television Council, <b>criticized<\/b> &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; for addressing the issue of gay marriage, though he cautioned <b>that he had not seen the episode<\/b>. A parental advisory preceded the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;At a time when the public mood is <i>overwhelmingly<\/i> against gay marriage, any show that promotes gay marriage is deliberately bucking the public mood,&#8221;<\/b> he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d rather them not do it at all,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You&#8217;ve got a show watched by millions of children. Do children need to have gay marriage thrust in their faces as an issue? Why can&#8217;t we just entertain them?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"THE SIMPSONS - Parents Television Council Family TV Guide Show Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parentstv.org\/ptc\/shows\/main.asp?shwid=1317\">THE SIMPSONS &#8211; Parents Television Council Family TV Guide Show Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parentstv.org\/ptc\/shows\/images\/SIM.jpg\" alt=\"The Simpsons\" \/>PTC Summary:<\/p>\n<p>This long-running animated production focuses on the daily life of a suburban family living in the fictional town of Springfield. Despite its early timeslot and animated format, The Simpsons is not recommended for younger viewers. <b>The show ridicules<\/b> entrepreneurs, religion, educators, and law enforcement officials, and has occasionally incorporated foul language into its dialogue. The cartoon sends a mixed message on parenthood: while the father is a bumbling idiot, the mother is a loving and patient wife and role model.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"mjh's Blog: Bless the Simpsons!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/000706.htm\">mjh&#8217;s Blog: Bless the Simpsons!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crossmap News| &#8216;Simpsons&#8217; Animates Homosexual Marriage, Stirs Debate L. Brent Bozell III, president of the Parents Television Council, criticized &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; for addressing the issue of gay marriage, though he cautioned that he had not seen the episode. A parental advisory preceded the broadcast. &#8220;At a time when the public mood is overwhelmingly against gay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/theirs\/buck-the-public-mood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buck the Public Mood<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theirs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}