I’ve just been violated
Last night I was in the middle of watching the Survivor Season 22 Finale and witnessed a commercial that totally left me without words. And that doesn’t happen very often. The commercial in question looked like it was a Google Chrome commercial that somehow morphed itself into a promotion of something called the “It Gets Better Project” that seemed to be endorsing the gay and lesbian lifestyle. At least that was what I came away with in the 90 seconds. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7skPnJOZYdA
“What did I just see,” I thought to myself? Was this a full-throttle promotion of the gay and lesbian lifestyle I wondered? My mind was perplexed as I sat there for the next few minutes completely aghast at the thought of the mighty Google promoting something so completely against my moral compass. I actually began to feel like I had just been “violated” by this ad. How could they so boldly throw this into my face and all within the comforts of my own room? My next thoughts were of anger as my brain started to process it all. I soon became so incensed that I was ready to remove everything from my computer and BlackBerry having any association to Google.
Next the rational part of my brain kicked in and I had to get on the web and to try and piece together the whole story. I wasn’t going to jump to conclusions too fast. Of course, I googled the term and what I found was a link on YouTube to the 90 second video that I had just seen but also a link to a YouTube channel called the, “itgetsbetterproject.” There is a lengthy video (7 minutes) going into what the project is about. The link to it is here (http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject) although I must say that I am not endorsing the content. I was able figure out that this project was created by a number of Google employees compassionate to the plight of young gay people trying to grow up in an anti-gay world (likely gay themselves too).
The video is certainly heart-warming and the mission to inspire teenagers is admirable. No Christ-follower would ever want a young person to take their own life or even consider it. But as a fully devoted Christian, I would certainly approach the problem differently. The simple truth is that we are all born into this world with a sin problem and we all need Jesus. That may be the subject of another blog.
But I’m still sitting there wondering, “why has Google associated itself with this cause?” And you know what? I still don’t have a clue. My mind has settled down a little bit, and it’s now the following day and I’m wondering what’s next? Stay tuned.
