A conservative political action group in the USA tied to former
Ambassador Alan Keyes is calling for a national boycott of NBC
and some of its advertisers over the airing of the series
"The Book of Daniel".
RenewAmerica calls the program repugnant.
"This show insults all groups of decent Americans and crosses
all party and religious bounds. NBC knows no shame. The network
has the audacity to say that "The Book of Daniel is a serious
drama about Christian people and the Christian faith." They
insult your intelligence," the group says on its Web site.
"This issue is of great importance to you because it is another
attempt to legitimize the homosexual lifestyle and ridicule the
Christian faith."
The RenewAmerica boycott call goes further than the American Family
Association which has called on its members to complain about the
show to NBC and the program's advertisers. As a result of AFA
pressure a number of stations have dropped the series.
The latest is an NBC television affiliate in Northwest Arkansas.
KNWA and its sister station KFTA-TV said Tuesday they will no
longer air the show.
But it may not be the protests that ultimately sink the series.
NBC has only committed to eight episodes and ratings have been poor.
Audiences have dropped dropped 23 percent since its Jan. 6 premiere.
"The Book of Daniel" stars Aidan Quinn ("An Early Frost") as the
Reverend Daniel Webster an unconventional Episcopalian minister
who not only believes in Jesus - he actually sees him and discusses
life with him.
His children include Peter (Christian Campbell, "Trick"), a
23-year-old gay son, who struggles with the loss of his twin
brother. To confound matters even more, Peter is a Republican.
Webster's daughter, Grace (Alison Pill, "Confessions of a Teenage
Drama Queen"), is 16-year-old daughter who just happens to be a
drug dealer. Then there's the 16-year-old adopted son who is having
sex with the bishop's daughter, and Webster's wife who is "addicted
to martinis".
Webster's secretary is a lesbian who is sleeping with his
sister-in-law. The character is only one of a handful of l
lesbian characters on TV this season.
Further angering conservative Christians is Jack Kenny, the
show's writer, who also is openly gay.
Comment
The programme is absoulutely dire by all accounts and
if it wasn't for the outraged moral minority,would probably
never have seen the light of day.It is presumably named after
the Book of Daniel excluded from the Bible which indicates
Jesus's homosexual credentials - see Was Jesus Gay? post.
Click Here.
10/10 for being controversial but unfortunately for the actors and
writers, this doesn't salvage any production from mediocrity.
I'd like to see a brilliant writer, great cast and talented producer
tackle the real issue. Now that would be heaven!
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