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During Christmas especially, I love the Hallmark Movie Channel. Their films offer viewers happy, wholesome, and joyful entertainment. It is with great sadness that I read they are currently accepting television commercials supporting gay marriage and are considering gay plots for their new projects.
Gay marriage goes against what Catholics believe marriage is: a vow before God between only one man and one woman to stay married for better or worse, in sickness or in health, for richer or poorer, forsaking all others until death. Marriage is a Sacrament--a grace that supports us to follow Jesus and gain our place in heaven. It is “the way” of holiness.
My daughter and I just spent a delightful afternoon watching the Hallmark channel this past weekend. But, because of what is happening with these gay ads, how can I trust the Hallmark Channel to give my family a fun entertainment experience with these gay ads shouting down our Catholic faith? I wonder if they will be accepting Planned Parenthood ads next, or funding a Drag Queen preschool story hour (like Chick-fil-A has)?
As a consumer, I must decide what I want to spend my money on and if a company decides to insult my religious beliefs, then it's very simple for me to cut them off financially by avoiding them.
The term “go woke and go broke” is real. Companies that don't understand how they insult my Catholic faith cannot retain me as a loyal customer.
My children have learned to be wise and avoid supporting companies that ruin our faith. Maybe this won't change our society, but it will detach my family from the world's values.
Our job as parents, grandparents, and educators is to be compassionate to those in a gay lifestyle, not enable them to indoctrinate our children into accepting sins. We are responsible for what we teach our children.
We will be judged on how we denied Christ or not. If we “go along to get along” we reject Jesus who taught us marriage is reserved in a very specific way to be used for God's glory. We must object when our children view a gay wedding, otherwise we lie to them about what we owe God.
Children have to be taught by example and story lines and commercials celebrating gay sex is not good for us Catholics. It's time to turn off our entertainment choices that destroy our Catholic faith.
A long time ago I thought I was a writer. Because my parents were practical, I went into teaching. About ten years ago, I began to write again.
I hold a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Penn State University (University Park). I enjoy gardening, reading, Pittsburgh sports, and cooking, but not in that order. My regular job is being a wife and mother.
