PUBLIC OPINION > 'The New Normal' Is Not Harmful to Society
SodaHead TV
2012/07/24 21:00:00
One Million Moms has a bone to pick with NBC's newest sitcom, "The New Normal." The show depicts a single mother who agrees to be a surrogate parent for a gay couple, but OMM is calling it "harmful to our society" and "damaging to our culture." OMM has been known to take issue with things that promote homosexuality as "normal," such as a lesbian kiss found in an Urban Outfitters catalog earlier this year. But is "The New Normal" really harmful for society? We asked the public.
One Million Moms are not without their supporters, but "The New Normal" has them out-numbered. Nearly twice as many people agreed the show would not be damaging to our culture. But this particular poll was extremely divided across several different demographics, so before we get into the reasoning behind the results, let's break it down.
Hesitant Men
Some of the demographic responses were predictable, and to some extent we could expect male voters to be more resilient to the show. Typically, the male vote is more hesitant when it comes to promoting homosexuality. However, they were especially resistant to this one. They were more than twice as likely as women to think "The New Normal" is harmful to society.
Kids Don't Care
The age breakdown was a little bit more predictable, but even here the proportions were surprising. The difference between the oldest age group (65+) and the youngest age group (13-17) was more than 60%, and its support dropped off pretty consistently throughout. That seems to lend credibility to the show's title -- it is becoming more "normal."
Modern Families
One of the more interesting juxtapositions wasn't even within a single category. Given the age breakdown, it was obvious that single voters would respond to the show more positively than married voters; likewise, voters without kids responded more positively than parents. However, there was a notable difference between parents and married voters. Parents actually responded more positively to the TV show by about 12%.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about "The New Normal." We'd love to hear from you!
One Million Moms are not without their supporters, but "The New Normal" has them out-numbered. Nearly twice as many people agreed the show would not be damaging to our culture. But this particular poll was extremely divided across several different demographics, so before we get into the reasoning behind the results, let's break it down.
Hesitant Men
Some of the demographic responses were predictable, and to some extent we could expect male voters to be more resilient to the show. Typically, the male vote is more hesitant when it comes to promoting homosexuality. However, they were especially resistant to this one. They were more than twice as likely as women to think "The New Normal" is harmful to society.Kids Don't Care
The age breakdown was a little bit more predictable, but even here the proportions were surprising. The difference between the oldest age group (65+) and the youngest age group (13-17) was more than 60%, and its support dropped off pretty consistently throughout. That seems to lend credibility to the show's title -- it is becoming more "normal."Modern Families
One of the more interesting juxtapositions wasn't even within a single category. Given the age breakdown, it was obvious that single voters would respond to the show more positively than married voters; likewise, voters without kids responded more positively than parents. However, there was a notable difference between parents and married voters. Parents actually responded more positively to the TV show by about 12%.If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about "The New Normal." We'd love to hear from you!
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Sure, the pedophiles will use gay rights as a tactic, but that's because they are opportunistic. And they will always try to find some loophole, any loophole, to legitimize their sexual orientation, but unless everyone starts to consider children as little more than a resource (like in Victorian England), I don't see that happening.
As a survivor myself, I am sick of people using me as a weapon against gay rights, I find it insulting and downright ignorant to suggest such a correlation.
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Grace to you, Glory to God!
If you can't be asked to answer the question I'll help you out.....Murder, Drunk Driving, Rape, Pedophilia, etc may not directly effect you but we can all agree they aren't good for society either....it always comes back to moral standards, what is moral and what is not. A great article from a favorite site of mine wraps it up like this...
"When we look at the question again, we can see an implied moral standard; namely, that morality is determined by how people are personally affected. But something is not right or wrong merely because of the effect an action might have on someone. Something is right or wrong because there is an inherent nature to moral truths."
...who then wraps up with this, "As history too often demonstrates, when a society's morality frays the wicked prosper and they soon turn their attention to the morally conservative and persecute them." Sound familiar? This is what is occurring right now in America.
Grace to you, Glory to God!
*Edited to add reference* http://carm.org/homosexual-ma...
The problem with those who make the argument or assessment that homosexuality doesn't effect an individual person is as oversimplifying as it gets. Did our forefathers make laws (constitutional laws at that) because they only "affected THEM personally",? The answer of course is no!
It affects me as an individual person who belongs to the collective whole of society and who gets to suffer or receive reward in the direction society goes....society changes directions based on what is permitted to occur and what is not. Homosexuality is a sin, it's an abomination of the flesh, has absolutely nothing to do with civil rights (or any other for that matter) and has already (and continues to) cause a knock-on effect in the downward spiral of society. It directly affects me as it directly affects all aspects of our culture and our society to which I am inseparably a member.
It also affects me on a personal level when I have childeren who will start asking questions about what is...
The problem with those who make the argument or assessment that homosexuality doesn't effect an individual person is as oversimplifying as it gets. Did our forefathers make laws (constitutional laws at that) because they only "affected THEM personally",? The answer of course is no!
It affects me as an individual person who belongs to the collective whole of society and who gets to suffer or receive reward in the direction society goes....society changes directions based on what is permitted to occur and what is not. Homosexuality is a sin, it's an abomination of the flesh, has absolutely nothing to do with civil rights (or any other for that matter) and has already (and continues to) cause a knock-on effect in the downward spiral of society. It directly affects me as it directly affects all aspects of our culture and our society to which I am inseparably a member.
It also affects me on a personal level when I have childeren who will start asking questions about what is normal and what is not, why certain people are certain ways and when personal choices are right or wrong. This issue is inexorably a part of our destructive media, our public education system, music, sports, gyms, politics and virtually every aspect of our publically visible culture now...teaching my childeren to have morally correct values is complicated when this kind of sin is in your face where and whenever you go.
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Grace to you, Glory to God!
God knew before he created us that we would sin, that we would rebel that we would reject him, his authority and even (as you have so proficiently demonstrated) his word. But.....he offers us a way to free ourselves from that cycle for both today and for eternity.
" I lead a nice person's life" Tell me, how do you come to understand what a " nice person's life" translates to. As I've said before in example, I'm sure that every Nazi soldier was convinced he was just being a "good" (or, nice, to use your term) soldier. The long and short of it is that being "nice" doesn't take into account the fallible and erroneous ways of our lives, the choices we make. God will not permit anyone to enter heaven regardless of how "nice" they are if they reject Christ, God, the Holy Spirit or the word of God.
"according to you I will finish last, no matter what" That is not what I've said, I want nothing more than for you to accept Christ! T...
God knew before he created us that we would sin, that we would rebel that we would reject him, his authority and even (as you have so proficiently demonstrated) his word. But.....he offers us a way to free ourselves from that cycle for both today and for eternity.
" I lead a nice person's life" Tell me, how do you come to understand what a " nice person's life" translates to. As I've said before in example, I'm sure that every Nazi soldier was convinced he was just being a "good" (or, nice, to use your term) soldier. The long and short of it is that being "nice" doesn't take into account the fallible and erroneous ways of our lives, the choices we make. God will not permit anyone to enter heaven regardless of how "nice" they are if they reject Christ, God, the Holy Spirit or the word of God.
"according to you I will finish last, no matter what" That is not what I've said, I want nothing more than for you to accept Christ! That is the only way to eternal salvation and is the only way to "come in first".
"because I wouldn't be able to take other people suffering" Listen to this, when Jesus returns there will be no more suffering. There will be no pity, there will be no war, there will be no hate or hurt....in fact, Jesus can offer you that peace RIGHT NOW! The only way to ensure that anyone you know who is suffering can be freed of their burdens is to bring Christ in their life! Jesus has the power to end all suffering only for the price of a simple prayer to accept him into your heart, that's it!
"Pain I can deal with, guilt is much more difficult to deal with." God permits us to experience pain to teach us (think about it, how many lessons have you learned in your life through pleasure? How many of those do you remember? How about pain?) God is so large and his love so great that there are literally no sins a man can commit that are unforgivable because of the sacrifice of Jesus (barring only the exception of rejection of that freely offered salvation).
Eph 3:17-19 explains "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."
Grace to you, Glory to God!
"A cruel god deserves no respect." God is entirely love, not cruelty, it is not cruel to punish children who reject the authority of their parents and assert their own will over their parents even though they've been warned not to and it is only out of love that same said parents scold, reprimand and take corrective measures to instruct their child...God works in exactly the same way!
"The wiccan crede" Good Lord, the ol' "do no harm" shtick...active passivity exposes you needlessly to a spiritual war that has plagued this earth since it's creation, it also only serves as an enablement and a trap for you to effectively bow out of having to take an active participant role in your own life. This "new-age" "anything goes" is a lie from the pits of hell that only desires to keep your soul eternally in the hands of Satan, who of course wants you to revel in complete disregard for God. So to goes the way for anything else "wicca", a deificat...
"A cruel god deserves no respect." God is entirely love, not cruelty, it is not cruel to punish children who reject the authority of their parents and assert their own will over their parents even though they've been warned not to and it is only out of love that same said parents scold, reprimand and take corrective measures to instruct their child...God works in exactly the same way!
"The wiccan crede" Good Lord, the ol' "do no harm" shtick...active passivity exposes you needlessly to a spiritual war that has plagued this earth since it's creation, it also only serves as an enablement and a trap for you to effectively bow out of having to take an active participant role in your own life. This "new-age" "anything goes" is a lie from the pits of hell that only desires to keep your soul eternally in the hands of Satan, who of course wants you to revel in complete disregard for God. So to goes the way for anything else "wicca", a deification and worship of nature, worship of the creatED instead of the creatOR...the Bible has two terms for this, idolatry and blaspheme.
When you combine this statement with your other declaration of God being vengeful it says to me that you are aware of the fact that you are clearly operating in contrast to God's will, you clearly know you'll pay for this if you don't change your ways and you are completely out of touch with the fact that God only wants to give you better than you have! It also says to me that you are completely Unaware of the fact that you are a pawn of Satan right this very minute. You have chains on your soul you can't feel and your eternity, whilst changeable, has been foolishly handed to an entity that wants to destroy you!
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Who is this OMM? They need to check themselves because people who are angry and judgmental do more harm to society than anything else! Can I get an Amen?