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> from imdb
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> Christian Activists Blast O'Brien Sketch
>
> Life Decisions International (LDI), a Washington DC-based group that
> has attempted to organize boycotts against companies that contribute
> to Planned Parenthood, has lashed out at the broadcast networks for
> allowing "programming that blatantly mocks Christianity." The group
> wasted no time denouncing Wednesday night/Thursday morning's episode
> of Late Night With Conan O'Brien, in which the host introduced a new
> character, "the homophobic country-western singer," who sang: "Oh I
> love you Jesus / But only as a friend. / You touched my heart but I
> hope / That's where the touchin' ends. / You're always lookin' over me
> / When I need a higher power. / But you better look at somethin' else
> / When I'm in the shower." In a statement, LDI President Douglas R.
> Scott, Jr. said, "The idea that anyone would think about the Son of
> God in this way is simply appalling.
the idea that anyone would think there is a Son of God in the first place is
even more appalling.
The inferences that permeate the
> song are utterly disgusting." Likewise, last month Scott fired off a
> letter to CBS after an episode of Two and a Half Men, in which the
> Charlie Sheen character sang to the melody of Joy to the World: "Joy
> to the world / I'm getting laid / I'm getting laid tonight. / We'll
> light the Yule log / Deck the halls / And then we'll play / Some
> jingle balls." Scott said at the time that the song could be retitled
> "Joy to Fornication," adding, "CBS has allowed a song about the most
> precious, sacred and significant moment in history to be turned into a
> song about having sex outside of marriage."
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