Fox’s “Family Guy”: “Terri Schiavo, the Musical”

By: American Decency Staff

Personal note: One of our able staff members generally monitors "Family Guy".  Kimberly drew my attention to Sunday's broadcast.  I couldn't believe it!   One of our staff said "It makes me sick to my stomach." Honestly, I could not believe the depths of depravity to which this program once again sunk making fun of the death and dying of Terri Shiavo and all of the tender, sensitivities surrounding the tragedy of this dear lady and her parents as she suffered in her dying days and the difficult decisions surrounding life and death issues. What godlessness!  What darkness!  What depravity!  What heartlessness exhibited by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.   The tragedy though isn't just that MacFarlane writes and Fox airs and corporations empower it with their advertising dollars but that millions of American households give credence to it by watching it week after week.   Note yesterday's email I wrote:  "How can we say that we love Jesus and at the same time place before ourselves wicked things?" https://americandecency.org Read this account and express your disgust to the advertisers by clicking on the button below or writing your individual letters to each one as listed on the webpage provided below. Here are details regarding this national disgrace: "Family Guy."   I might add – if you watch it and are entertained by it, there is something wrong with your inner being. The show opened with a scene that any reasonable person would admit was truly heartless and sickening.  The episode began with a preschool musical production entitled “Terri Schiavo, the Musicalâ€Â. Most of us are aware of the tragic case of Terri Schiavo who had been diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. Against her parents’ heart-wrenching pleas, her husband succeeded in winning the right to deny her food via a feeding tube, thus resulting in her death through euthanasia. Not that the depravity of mankind could be questioned, but if there ever was any doubt, this scene offers iron-clad proof that it exists within the creators and producers of this show. Family Guy maliciously mocks the Terri Schiavo case by having a preschool class perform a musical with song lyrics such as “Terri Schiavo, is kind of alive-o, the most expensive plant you’ll ever seeâ€Â and refers to “her mashed potato brainsâ€Â while one preschooler is dressed as an electrical plug to be pulled. Can you imagine the profound grief this scene would cause her parents?   Such twisted viciousness is incomprehensible. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has long shown there is no line he will not cross, no boundary he will not obliterate in his quest to push his valueless agenda. From mocking Christianity and promoting perverse sexual themes, to using the most vulgar so-called “humorâ€Â and trampling on the lives of real people causing unimaginable heartache. It seems obvious that MacFarlane isn’t just being offensive for the sake of ratings or riches; he wants to rip apart whatever moral fabric is left in our culture. Last year in an extremely rare move by Fox Broadcasting, a Family Guy episode dealing with abortion was pulled before airing. That episode cancellation was an exception to the rule as the Fox network otherwise gives every indication that they are solidly in Seth MacFarlane’s corner.   The only thing that trumped MacFarlane’s license to offend was Fox’s quest to make money. Fearing advertiser backlash led Fox to cancel that one episode. But what of this recent episode or everyone that came before it?   Fox has no qualms about spewing the filth of Family Guy over the airwaves and many advertisers have no problem with sponsoring it. As Fox has demonstrated, money talks.   And that is the Achilles heel of advertisers and of Fox. Letting them know they have lost a customer (or a viewer) may be the only thing that will get their attention. Click on the link below to express your concern to the advertisers that empower this destructive program http://americandecency.org/take_action_form.php List of the advertisers includes: Sprint, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Yum Brands, Cadbury Adams – Dentyne Gum, Microsoft … http://www.americandecency.org ==================================================== Your support is important to our ability to make a difference: donate online at: https://secure4.afo.net/ada/main.php?f=donate/display9 American Decency Association Bill Johnson, PresidentP.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson ================================================

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