Bryan Fischer recently appeared on a right-wing radio program in Idaho where he was asked by host Kevin Miller how he felt about television programs such as “Modern Family” which portray same-sex couples in a positive light.
Fischer was, of course, opposed to such portrayals, saying that they are akin to being slowly poisoned over a long period of time until it finally becomes lethal:
Miller: One of the most popular shows on television, “Modern Family,” and you have the guy from “Married With Children” who is married to a young, attractive Latina woman with a kid from another marriage. You’ve got the heterosexual couple with the stereotypical family; they’re the most challenged or, dare we say, the most screwed-up. And then we have the same-sex male family where we have a man and man in a loving, committed relationship that just doesn’t have any, any problems. And apparently the promotion on ABC has allowed this show to be very popular and it does impact people and you have good Christians who turn the other cheek, who don’t want to be labeled as intolerant and yet, they don’t want these values on the airwaves.
Fischer: What’s illustrated there is way that the media influences the way that people think about life. The portrait there that’s being presented is designed to make you think that same-sex households are wonderful, they’re loving, this is paradise, this is the optimum nurturing environment for children; to make you think that heterosexual marriage is bondage, it’s dreary, it’s gloomy, and we know that the social research indicates exactly the opposite.
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You know, that’s the danger. It’s just like getting a little bit of poison over a long period of time, eventually getting enough accumulation in there where it can be kind of lethal to the organism. And I think that’s what you’re seeing with a lot of this programming. It has to do with kind of the basic view of morality and marriage and life and family that people have. It’s very corrosive; people are just watching TV to be entertained, not realizing that their view of life is being twisted in a way that’s very harmful to them and harmful to our culture.
