NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/soc/motss/58731

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Subject: Last night on TV
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Date: 27 Jan 93 15:49:58 GMT
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Did anyone see and have a reaction to last night's "First Person with
Maria Shriver"? I think the title was something cheesy like "The Gay
Nineties" with a sensational subtitle. I only saw about the last half
and have random comments.

I know it's "just TV" but I I kept help be a bit annoyed and disappointed
by these programs. (Sorry about my typing.)m of these programs.

I was especially struck by the theme of "Churchiness" through several of the segmen
segments I saw. One the one hand, most of the battles are waged against the
authority of either the Church or a church. On the other hand, gay people
themselves are represented as seeking validation through the Church or a
church. I'm deeply dismayed by this -- it seems that we are only recreating
potential situations of oppression. In my opinion, and in this I am unanimous,
deliver me from Dignity, Integrity, Concerned Lutherans, MCC...

Gary D. Pratt
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