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EmptyTimCup
Guest
it was only a matter of time ....
Gay 'Marriage' is ok now .....
next multiple partners in a "marriage"
TLC'S Lobbying Show
Culture
"Some 'reality shows' are designed to advertise wanton misbehavior and stupidity for its own sake. There's no 'life lesson,' just an exercise in how you can grade your own moral worth on a 'Jersey Shore' curve. That is not the case with TLC's 'Sister Wives.' For TLC ... it was the usual slam-dunk oddball premise: Won't people be curious to see how four wives -- married to the same man -- get along in the same house? The show's stars, Kody Brown and his wives, want much more than fame and fortune. They want to make polygamy respectable, even legalized. The show was a surprise hit for TLC, drawing an average of 2.2 million viewers over Season 1 last fall. The polygamists have recognized the power of pop culture -- particularly television -- and are pouncing to normalize this abhorrent behavior. ... What's sad about this whole exercise is that media chroniclers of the Browns, from network TV to Oprah to blogs and wire services, routinely treat them as sympathetic figures. Every exotic alternative lifestyle is assumed to be progressive and therefore admirable and is not only to be tolerated, but welcomed." --columnist L. Brent Bozell