No one does Easter like GCB

By: American Decency Staff

“No one does Easter like GCB.â€Â That was ABC’s own promotional claim as they advertised last night’s double dose of Christian-bashing with two episodes of “GCB.â€Â   I’m sure it was no coincidence that ABC chose Easter – the most meaningful, sacred day to Christians – to especially thumb its nose at the transforming power of Christ with back-to-back episodes of a show that ridicules the Christian faith and mocks God’s Word and His followers. However, corporate America is not so glib about ridiculing potential customers.  They are hearing from thousands of you! As a result, numerous advertisers have pulled their ads and most “A-listâ€Â advertisers are staying clear of sponsoring “GCB.â€ÂÂ  For example, Frito-Lay/Pepsico recently wrote:  “…we have no other commercials scheduled to run during the program…  We have standards against advertising on shows that may offend our consumers, and we make every effort to adhere to this process.  …â€Â This shows the importance of continuing to let advertisers know that their sponsorship of “GCBâ€Â is empowering a show that mocks the faith and offends millions of their potential customers. Unfortunately, JC Penney is slow in getting the message.  After being off last week, JC Penney was back last night as a sponsor of "GCB" – continuing the company's trend of sponsoring many of the trashiest shows on network television. Click here to contact the sponsors of the two Easter episodes of “GCBâ€Â and please encourage your family and friends to do the same. On a day when millions of Christians celebrate the new life we have in Christ, ABC takes every stereotypical depiction of Christians and twists it into a mocking caricature. For example, we all know that Christians are proponents of sexual abstinence outside of marriage.  Why? Because it’s spelled out quite clearly in God’s Word that our sexuality in intended for within the bounds of marriage and there are damaging physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences when one instead lives a promiscuous life.  Yet on “GCB,â€Â Christian parents promoting chastity are portrayed as extremist whackos.  In last night’s episode, a Christian parent starts an abstinence teen group which tries to scare kids into abstinence with a bizarre horror show depicting the harmful consequences of illicit sexual activity.  The abstinence club is described by non-Christian Amanda, the only “normalâ€Â character on the show, as a “creepy, chastity clubâ€Â which “demonizes sex.â€Â So, according to “GCB,â€Â a Christian view on sexuality is portrayed as “demonizing sex.â€Â Then we see the church pastor as a customer at the Hooter’s-like bar, “Boobyliciousâ€Â which, he claims, is research for his next sermon entitled “Sex is Divine.â€ÂÂ  In the sermon he instructs all “committed couplesâ€Â who, as he states, are either “married or otherwise entwinedâ€Â to have sex every day for the next week to improve communication.  This of course leads to numerous on-screen depictions of sex between the characters – in cars, on the kitchen table, etc, etc. One of the couples is in a marriage of convenience.  The husband is secretly gay and involved in varied sexual relationships with men.  His wife is aware and condones his homosexual lifestyle.  She, too, has affairs with men.  They stay together for the sake of their business.  In last night’s episode they, too, decide to have sex in order to have a baby together.  That scenario includes numerous references to homosexual sex acts as the wife tries to “turn onâ€Â her gay husband. Other examples of the scornful depiction of faith include:  A bridal shower given with the theme “his rod and staff they comfort meâ€Â where a sex toy is a prominent gift.  One of the women flashes her breasts to a county clerk to get his assistance which is justified because, as another women tells her, she was “using (her) boobies for good and not for evil.â€Â Throughout the show scripture is quoted in ways that mock the holiness of God’s Word.   Bible quotations are twisted and used as punch lines.   One woman quotes scripture for a diet plan she created entitled “Losin’ It with Jesus.â€ÂÂ  Another woman dressed in sexy camouflage pulls out her “Hunter’s Bibleâ€Â to defend what must be every Christian’s favorite pass time – at least according to ABC/Disney – hunting, or as the Hollywood writers on “GCBâ€Â describe as, “killing innocent animals.â€Â ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee has said about GCB:  “We would love to have people go, you know, there’s something here edgy and interesting that we’d like to be part of.â€Â While the show may be “edgy,â€Â it’s not drawing huge numbers of viewers and ratings have been mediocre.  Even more telling is that the pressure we, and a few other groups, are putting upon the sponsors is having an impact! Several advertisers have pulled their ads and most “A-listâ€Â advertisers are staying clear of sponsoring “GCB.â€ÂÂ  For example, Frito-Lay/Pepsico recently wrote:  “…we have no other commercials scheduled to run during the program…â€ÂÂ  We have standards against advertising on shows that may offend our consumers, and we make every effort to adhere to this process.  …â€Â This shows the importance of continuing to let advertisers know that their sponsorship of “GCBâ€Â is empowering a show that mocks the faith and offends millions of their potential customers.  Please continue to forward this information to others by way of email, Facebook, etc. and urge family and friends to stand with us. Click here to contact the sponsors of the two Easter episodes of “GCB.â€Â ========================================================== To support our efforts please click here or mail your gift to American Decency Association (ADA), PO Box 202, Fremont, MI 49412. 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