Somewhere, Savonarola is insisting the woman is serious.
Steve Benen:
NOTE TO THE RIGHT: AVOID YOUTH ENTERTAINMENT.... Periodically, conservative groups and activists decide to get worked up about what young people are reading and/or watching. The results tend to be pretty embarrassing.
Perhaps the quintessential modern example was Jerry Falwell going after Tinky Winky the Teletubby, but that merely started a lengthy, larger campaign. One religious right group went after "Shrek." Another targeted "Shark Tale." James Dobson launched a broadside against SpongeBob SquarePants, while Fox News' Neil Cavuto perceived "Happy Feet" as political propaganda. The "Harry Potter" series has been targeted any number of times by conservatives complaining about witchcraft.
I guess it was only a matter of time before the Christian Coalition discovered Twilight.
Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, which called for a ban on the Potter series, says she's considering a similar campaign against Twilightbecause even though it's pro-abstinence, it's also pro-vampires.
She says vampires are definitely not good role models, and she blames Hollywood.
"We can let our voices be heard, and anytime you do that you have an effect one way or another," Combs says. "These Twilight books are very disturbing books for family values. Teen marriage is not the standard, but the part that is more troubling is the vampire. It's just not normal for young people to idolize a vampire."
"She says vampires are definitely not good role models, and she blames Hollywood."
ReplyDeleteInteresting quote. I'm not sure that vampires were ever considered good role models.
And, of course, all that happens when these types get worked up about a book, movie or television show is that it drives up interest.