“Swingtown”: CBS launches one of the worst …

By: Steve Huston

"… You may say, 'I agree, this is disturbing, but it doesn’t affect me. I would never choose to watch such a program.'…â€Â June 10, 2008 Last Thursday CBS premiered a new summer program, “Swingtownâ€Â which is being touted by the network as “intriguing, summer funâ€Â.There is nothing “funâ€Â about the show – rather it is repugnant and destructive and one of the worst, if not the worst, we’ve seen on network television. “Swingtownâ€Â, set in 1976, portrays “open marriageâ€Â and group sex as not only commonplace, but also as a boost for marital intimacy. And it ignores the facts regarding the addictive, damaging impact of pornography and gives the message that porn use, even by young boys, is no big deal. The show opens with Tom, a married commercial pilot, bringing home a young stewardess to engage in group sex with his wife, Trina. The three are shown in bed together, as he has sex with the stewardess. Another scene is of two boys approximately 13 years old. One of the boys finds a large box of his father’s porn magazines in the basement and they are shown ogling copies of Penthouse. When the father catches them with a magazine, he simply tells his son and the son’s friend, “Don’t let your mother catch you with this. She’ll have a coronary on the spot.â€Â He then proceeds to hand the magazine back to his young son with a pat on the head. Later in the episode Tom and Trina host a wild 4th of July party. At the party there’s open drug use and an orgy in the basement “playroomâ€Â showing a man with several women having sex. Tom and Trina want to persuade Susan and Bruce, their new straight-laced neighbors, to join in. Bruce is told by a partygoer he can get him a membership to the Playboy Club and can get him a girl. At one point, as perverse sexual themes are alluded to during this Independence Day party, partygoers are singing the National Anthem in the background. And then, note the following dialogue between Trina and Susan. After interrupting a partygoer snorting cocaine, Trina tells Susan: “She’s harmless. Miserable, but harmless. I keep saying they should just open their marriage like everyone else, but her husband is a little uptight.â€Â Susan: “You and Tom have an open marriage?â€Â Trina: “Well, don’t you?â€Â Susan: “No, no, Bruce would go ape if I cheated on him.â€Â Trina: “Oh, it’s not cheating. It’s the opposite, actually.â€Â Susan: “How is having sex with other people not cheating?â€Â Trina: “Well, because everything’s already on the table. There’s no sneaking around, no lies. Ever since we got into it, Tom and I have reached this whole other level of intimacy. Not to mention the great sex. … Opening our relationship was the best thing that ever happened to me and Tom.â€Â Did you take notice of what is being promoted here?? “Everyoneâ€Â has an open marriage. Having sex with other people is not cheating – it will increase intimacy – it’s the “bestâ€Â thing that could happen to a marriage. This concept is reiterated positively throughout the episode and no negative or harmful consequences are shown. In an extremely disturbing erotic scene where Tom and Trina lead conservative Bruce and Susan into group sex, Bruce is shown obviously uncomfortable with having another man intimately touch his wife, yet he soon happily joins in. And the next day Bruce and his wife Susan are shown after seemingly having had “great sexâ€Â, validating the sick and twisted premise that an “open marriageâ€Â fosters intimacy. The scripture verse of Isaiah 5:20 comes to mind: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.â€Â You may say, “I agree, this is disturbing, but it doesn’t affect me. I would never choose to watch such a program.â€Â Hopefully everyone reading this would also say they’d never choose to watch “Swingtownâ€Â. After all, another scripture verse tells us to “… have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness …â€Â Yet the verse doesn’t end there. Ephesians 5:11 goes on to say “… but rather reprove them.â€Â We may never watch such perversion, but it does affect you and it does affect me. It affects the cultural climate we and our loved ones live in. It attacks the God-ordained institution of marriage and attempts to legitimize ideas and behaviors that will destroy lives and families and what’s left of a societal moral conscience. If we put our collective heads in the sand, ignoring the darkness without reproving it, we shouldn’t be surprised as more and more people around us call evil, good. What happens when the salt loses its savor? Recently I heard my friend Don Wildmon of American Family Association speak about the court decision in California legalizing gay ‘marriage’ and the rapid snowball effect we’re already seeing in other states as a result. He lamented, “Where is the Church?â€Â and prophetically questioned where we will be if pulpits and Christians remain silent while God’s Truth is attacked by a tiny, but vocal, minority. Where is the Church? Will we Christians speak out with righteous indignation as Hollywood tries to convince those around us that group sex is ‘good’ for marriages? Advertiser list includes: Chili's, Aleve, Oxi-Clean, Hyundai. Volkswagen… Brinker International, Inc. – Chili's Bar & Grill Douglas H. Brooks – President, CEO, and Director 6820 LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX 75240 Phone: 972-980-9917 Fax: 972-770-9593 Website 20th Century Fox Mr. Thomas Rothman – Co-Chairman 10201 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 Phone: 310-369-1000 Fax: 310-203-1558 Bayer Corporation – Aleve Attila Molnar – President and CEO 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741 Phone: 412-777-2000 Fax: 412-777-2034 Website The News Corporation Limited – DIRECTV K. Rupert Murdoch – Chairman and CEO 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 8th Fl. New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-852-7017 Fax: 212-852-7145 Website New Line Cinema, Inc. Robert K Shaye – Co-Chairman and Co-CEO 888 7th Avenue New York, NY 10106 Phone: 212-649-4900 Fax: 212-649-4966 E-Mail Overstock.com, Inc. – Overstock.com Patrick M. Byrne – Chairman and President 6322 S 3000 East, Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84121 Phone: 801-947-3100 Toll-free: 800-989-0135 Fax: 801-944-4629 Website Orange Glo International – Oxi-Clean Joe Appel – President 8765 East Orchard Road #703 Englewood, CO 80111 Phone: 303-740-1909 Fax: 303-740-8622 Website Paramount Pictures Corporation Brad Grey – Chairman 5555 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038 Phone: 323-956-5000 Fax: 323-862-3775 Philips Electronics North America – Philips electric razors Reiner Jens – President 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1104 Phone: 212-536-0500 Fax: 212-536-0559 Focus Features – Rogue Pictures David Linde – President 65 Bleecker St., 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212-539-4000 Fax: 212-539-4099 Universal Pictures Rick Finkelstein – President and COO 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, CA 91608 Phone: 818-777-1000 Fax: 818-866-3600 Website Combe Incorporated – Vagisil Christopher B. Combe – President 1101 Westchester Avenue White Plains, NY 10604 Phone: 914-694-5454 Toll-free: 800-873-7400 Fax: 914-461-4402 E-Mail Mr. Combe Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Alan Horn – President 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank, CA 91522 Phone: 818-954-6000 Fax: 212-954-7667 Volkswagen of America, Inc. Mr. Gerd Klauss – President and CEO 3800 Hamlin Rd. Auburn Hills, MI 48326 Phone: 248-340-5000 Fax: 248-754-4930 Website then go to VW Information Center Hyundai Motor America Robert Cosmai – President and CEO 10550 Talbert Ave. Fountain Valley, CA 92728 Phone: 714-965-3000 Toll-free: 800-826-2277 Fax: 714-965-3149 E-Mail E-Mail Watsons Superstore – Local Advertiser Chad Coyle 3640 29th Street SE Kentwood, MI 49512-1812 Phone: 616-285-2900 Website Triarc Companies, Inc. – Arby's – Local Advertiser Mr. Nelson Peltz – Chairman and CEO 280 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-451-3000 Fax: 212-451-3134 Website Art Van Furniture, Inc. – Local Advertiser Mr. Art Van Elslander – Chairman and CEO 6500 E. 14 Mile Road Warren, MI 48092 Phone: 586-939-0800 Fax: 586-939-3055 Website ================== Thank you for helping us stay in the battle for Truth and decency. https://americandecency.org/folder.php?f=donate Bill Johnson, president ———- American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. 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