The American Family Association has decided to blame the decision by TLC to cancel the Duggar Family on Jazz Jennings and her family...and not in a nice way. Meeke Addison writes TLC Trades Wholesome for Wholly Confused.
AFA had to get their anti-LGBT hatred on.
In a move to redirect the attention and public outcry, TLC also announced it has teamed with two prominent child-protection organizations for an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
So far it appears the purpose is to cave to the new protected class of citizens in America — those who identify as LGBT.
--Addison
Ignoring what the story of Jazz actually conveys, an eye opening lesson in love, courage and truth, AFA tries to distort the truth, in a warped attempt at scapegoating this extraordinarily brave teen.
Not only is there the purposeful disrespect by incorrect pronoun usage, as well as the flagrant misstatement of the teen’s gender identity, but the teen is scapegoated for the demise the Duggar show, while her parents are accused of abusing her though their support in pursuing her transition.
--Melanie Nathan, O-blog-dee-o-blog-da
In a recent interview, this sexually-confused teenage boy, whose family has aided his confusion by allowing him to fully identify a girl, said, “I wish that one day it [being transgender] could be something that’s normal and everyone will understand, but right now we’re not quite there yet, so I’m here to educate other people.” In this same interview, Jazz Jennings lamented that “boys don’t really like me as much because I’m transgender, and they think that if they like someone who is transgender that it’s gross and that they’ll be called gay for dating another boy… so, I mean, it’s been difficult for me.”
Again, according to TLC in an attempt to raise awareness about the abuse of children and so as not to offend viewers, “19 Kids” had to be cancelled. However, a 14-year-old sexually-confused boy who now lives as a hurting and rejected girl is totally fine. Chronicling the life of a little boy whose body has basically been abused by parents who administered hormone blockers for years and allowed him to dress as a girl is a better option than those wild and morally corrupt Duggars.
--Addison
We took it as an opportunity to step further than just ‘How do we protect ourselves?’ and step into 'How do we protect our audience and protect children?’ Our hope is to do more of that, in a way that’s thoughtful and respectful of the victims of child abuse — in the Duggar family and across America.
--Marjorie Kaplan, group president of TLC, Animal Planet, and Velocity networks
TLC is partnering with Darkness to Light, whose mission is providing interested parties with techniques for protecting children from sexual abuse, and RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), which describes itself as the nation’s largest anti-sexual-violence organization.