Over the Rainbow: - Wrestling With Angels

BACKLASH to Gay Programming
Sociologist, Gene Edward Veith, accused the cultural elite of ‘defining sexual deviancy
down’. He noted that a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 68% of all TV
shows and 89% of all movies shown on the networks and HBO feature sexual content.
Moreover what were once considered outrageous sexual perversions now are proclaimed as
socially acceptable…”First the pop culture legitimized extra-marital sex…-with absolutely no
sense of shame – in sitcoms, PG movies, and real-life relationships. Homosexuality used to be
seen as a private vice…Now, homosexuality has become socially acceptable, even en vogue… an
accomplished fact in the media and the cultural elite”
….” What do we have to look forward to next?...Though the sexual abuse of children has
been one of the few evils that all Americans could agree on, there is evidence that among the
vanguards of cultural change – academia, the artistic and literary elite, Hollywood – this taboo
seems to be weakening.” (Veith, 2001)
Mary Eberstadt, in an article titled,’Pedophilia Chic Reconsidered’ “ explained that man-boy
sex is now out in the open in a number of places: therapeutic, literary, and academic circles;
mainstream publishing houses and journals and magazines and bookstores… Older men
seducing young boys has become commonplace in literature. ..” (Veith, 2001).
Gay support groups make an effort to include children as young as 10 and 12. The
magazine XY is aimed at adolescents as young as 12 , complete with erotic pictures. This
magazine, available in many bookstores chains, “ has become a favorite of older gay men, as
well as confused 12-year-olds who have no business considering themselves homosexual or
anything else at their age.” While not all homosexuals are pedophiles,“the North American
Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) has a strong presence in the ‘gay community’, and causes
such as lowering the age of consent and attacking the Boy Scouts for their protective policies
demonstrate their influence” (Veith, 2001).
The saturation of gay themes in the media brought forth criticism from organized groups .
Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family said that gay programming was part of an effort to force
the gay lifestyle on straight America. “It’s a very deliberate strategy to saturate the
culture…And it’s a very effective tool being used to dismantle traditional ideas of marriage and
family in our nation… Americans aren’t clamoring for this kind of entertainment…This is agenda
television that is attempting to normalize this lifestyle, and in ways that are at odds with the
very values of the viewers” (Stoeltje, 2003).
Over the Rainbow: The Gay Battle for Social Reorganization of America. 2010
Dr. M. L. Coppock
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