FCC and Time

I don't think you can ever put a government organization and time together and have it mean anything. I recently posted about the indecent showing of the cartoon Family Guy. It was immoral to say the least.

The Family Guy could be a very funny and enjoyable show (without the horse licking, kid beating his mother, etc...). It could be an intelligent comedy without the coarse and inane violence and sexual immorality. I would love to support a cartoon for adults that doesn't push sinful social agendas and still call itself programming for children.

The sad part is that many of the adults and youth watching this show call themselves - "don't tell me what to do in my own home" - Christians. Did you know that most households don't feel the peace of God because they fill their minds with things against peace? Why do people wonder where God is when they have unhealthy images floating through their minds? They cannot hear or see the things of God because God doesn't have any room in their lives except for the hour they spend in church in Sunday:

Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4:8-9 (MSG)

Anyway, I emailed the FCC and here is the timely reply (I sent them the report in March) they sent:

Dear Consumer,

Thank you for contacting the Federal Communications Commission to share your concerns about program material.

Your views and concerns about program material are important to us. The Commission will review what you have submitted carefully to determine whether it contains sufficient information to suggest that there has been a violation of the obscenity, indecency or profanity laws. If it appears that a violation may have occurred, the Enforcement Bureau will start an investigation, which may include a letter of inquiry to the broadcast station. Further information is available on the Commission's web site at http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/process.html.

Again, thank you for contacting us about this important issue.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey H. Tignor, Acting Chief
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division /
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Notice that I am just a consumer, not a tax paying citizen who cares about decency in programming. Of course, I have probably been reported to the DHS for actually standing up against something. So the FCC is going to see if I am legit first, then they will check and see if the show was "bad", then they will send a letter, and finally they will investigate through the investigation bureau.....Oh well, I tried, and so can you!

If you want to file your own complaint and help put an end to indecent programming, please go to this post and follow the link. Together we can make a difference, but we have to make our voice be heard. The more they hear from us the more they will take this seriously.

Your Government Protectionist at Work

The American Family Association does not clarify that heterosexuality is normal in this list. Left undefined, many people will try to use this bill to justify any immoral sexual act. The list given is a list of all "sexual orientations" that can be classified as "protected" in the Hate Crimes bill.

From the AFA:

The Hate Crime law, S.909 (and HR1913), will make 30 sexual orientations federally-protected. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published 30 such sexual orientations that, because of Congress's refusal to define "sexual orientation," will be protected under this legislation. These 30 orientations are listed in the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which is used by physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and psychiatrists throughout the U.S. It is considered the dictionary of mental disorders. Those 30 sexual orientations include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states.

Among those sexual orientations being protected by S.909 (and HR1913) are these:

Apotemnophilia - sexual arousal associated with the stump(s) of an Amputee
Asphyxophilia - sexual gratification derived from activities that involve oxygen deprivation through hanging, strangulation, or other means
Autogynephilia - the sexual arousal of a man by his own perception of himself as a woman or dressed as a woman
Bisexual - the capacity to feel erotic attraction toward, or to engage in sexual interaction with, both males and females
Coprophilia - sexual arousal associated with feces
Exhibitionism - the act of exposing one’s genitals to an unwilling observer to obtain sexual gratification
Fetishism/Sexual Fetishism - obtaining sexual excitement primarily or exclusively from an inanimate object or a particular part of the body
Frotteurism - approaching an unknown woman from the rear and pressing or rubbing the penis against her buttocks
Heterosexuality - the universal norm of sexuality with those of the opposite sex
Homosexual/Gay/Lesbian - people who form sexual relationships primarily or exclusively with members of their own gender
Gender Identity Disorder - a strong and persistent cross-gender identification, which is the desire to be, or the insistence that one is, or the other sex, "along with" persistent discomfort about one’s assigned sex or a sense of the inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex
Gerontosexuality - distinct preference for sexual relationships primarily or exclusively with an elderly partner
Incest - sex with a sibling or parent
Kleptophilia - obtaining sexual excitement from stealing
Klismaphilia - erotic pleasure derived from enemas
Necrophilia - sexual arousal and/or activity with a corpse
Partialism - A fetish in which a person is sexually attracted to a specific body part exclusive of the person
Pedophilia - Sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 years or younger). The individual with pedophilia must be age 16 years or older and at least 5 years older than the child. For individuals in late adolescence with pedophilia, no precise age difference is specified, and clinical judgment must be used; both the sexual maturity of the child and the age difference must be taken into account; the adult may be sexually attracted to opposite sex, same sex, or prefer either
Prostitution - the act or practice of offering sexual stimulation or intercourse for money
Sexual Masochism - obtaining sexual gratification by being subjected to pain or humiliation
Sexual Sadism - the intentional infliction of pain or humiliation on another person in order to achieve sexual excitement
Telephone Scatalogia - sexual arousal associated with making or receiving obscene phone calls
Toucherism - characterized by a strong desire to touch the breast or genitals of an unknown woman without her consent; often occurs in conjunction with other paraphilia
Transgenderism - an umbrella term referring to and/or covering transvestitism, drag queen/king, and transsexualism
Transsexual - a person whose gender identity is different from his or her anatomical gender
Transvestite - a person who is sexually stimulated or gratified by wearing the clothes of the other gender
Transvestic Fetishism - intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing
Urophilia - sexual arousal associated with urine
Voyeurism - obtaining sexual arousal by observing people without their consent when they are undressed or engaged in sexual activity
Zoophilia/Bestiality - engaging in sexual activity with animals

To protect a "sexual orientation" under S.909 (and HR1913) - while leaving that term undefined -- is to protect this whole range of bizarre sexual behaviors. It is to normalize by federal law what are still considered to be mental disorders (paraphilias) by the American Psychiatric Association.