I found an interesting article by Beth Brelje in The Federalist. She writes about how Netflix shows indoctrinate children in pro-LGBT propaganda. Children often believe false ideas for all sorts of bad reasons. Just think of how many take out student loans for degrees that don’t result in jobs with good salaries. After that, I have two studies about how TV influences our attitudes on LGBT.
First, the article from The Federalist:
Some 41 percent of children’s shows on Netflix are pushing the LGBT agenda, according to a recently released report by Concerned Women for America (CWA).
CWA analyzed Netflix programming ratings for children and found 41 percent of both G-rated and TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix contain LGBT content.
Why is this happening?
It is not an accident that more LGBT characters are being written into storylines across media. It is encouraged by the nonprofit Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
Each year, GLAAD produces the “Where We Are on TV Report,” tracking representation.
“Between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025, GLAAD counted 489 LGBT regular or recurring characters in total. This is a 4% increase and 21 additional characters from 468 characters counted in the previous edition,” the 2025 report said.
What’s shocking is how much representation is aimed at children. LGBT activists are well aware that parents feel it is not a topic for their children to explore without parental guidance. Sneaking it into children’s programming is a blatant attempt to change the culture.
I ran into this problem when I was in my mid-20s. My co-workers were watching a television show called “Will & Grace” (which had nothing to do with soteriology). It was a portrayal of a gay character in positive ways, and this was having a huge effect on the attitudes of young people to LGBT.
It didn’t make any sense to me, because around that time I was reading books about LGBT by scientists, therapists and medical doctors like Jeffrey Satinover and Charles Socarides.But while I was getting more accurate views of LGBT, everyone else was watching propaganda. And they were coming to opposite conclusions than I did. This was especially troubling because at that time I wanted to get married. And what I found was that young Christian women in particular seemed to be getting liberal on moral issues. And today, it’s become a huge split between young men and young women. Even back then, parents and pastors didn’t seem to think that it was a big deal that young women were becoming more liberal because of TV shows and movies.
Let’s look at two studies about this topic and see if there is any data to support my thesis.
The first study is “Can One TV Show Make a Difference? Will & Grace and the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis“. It was published in the Journal of Homosexuality (Volume 53, Issue 4, 2007). This study tested whether repeated exposure to positive gay characters in Will & Grace (which aired from 1998–2006 and reached 25 million weekly viewers at its peak) could foster similar attitude shifts among straight audiences who rarely knew gay people personally. And what they found was that showing episodes of the show to undergraduate students reduced their opposition to LGBT. The more episodes shown, the more positive their views of LGBT.
The second study is “Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People’s Greater Support for Gay Rights“. It was published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research in November 2014. The study tested the impact of exposure to LGBT characters in popular media, focusing on the sitcom Grace Under Fire (1993–1998), which featured a recurring gay character. And what they found was that frequent viewing of the show produced more positive views of LGBT behaviors, as well as LGBT-friendly policies.
So, you can clearly see how watching TV shows and movies – which are fiction – can change your attitudes to be out of alignment with actual evidence. And I think that if those changes are related to areas where the Bible has spoken – like the definition of marriage, objective vs subjective truth, etc. – then it can cause people to turn away from the Bible and / or Christianity. The new feelings and attitudes that came from TV and movies clash with the Bible and Christian worldview, and the entertainment wins. For example, a young Christian might watch TV shows that paint divorce in a positive light, and then leave Christianity because it is too “restrictive” or “repressive” or “intolerant” or “bigoted”.
Consider the following movies:
- Eat Pray Love
- Sex and the City
- The Bridges of Madison County
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- The Notebook
- Pretty Woman
These movies are VERY popular with young people, but they portray very, very negative views of sex, marriage, male headship, child-bearing, etc. The important thing is NOT that these movies disagree with the Bible, with church, or with Christianity. The problem is that the views presented in these movies are FALSE views that can result in tragic life outcomes. These popular movies are teaching people to proceed on life plans that do not lead to successful outcomes. It’s as if people were learning from TV and movies to rely on the lottery for their retirement savings. This does not work in real life. And yet, because it is in the TV shows and the movies that have fancy clothes and big explosions and beautiful people, people chart the course of their lives based on their views.
This is very serious.
Lately, I have been spending a bit more time on cooking, weights and cardio. I was able to do this because I found good TV shows to watch while doing these things.
I watch shows like “The Rifleman”:
Season 1 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRpEpIGpxrE&list=PLtbMv4lXX2mvPj1kMzYl1OFczol5AxMQE
Season 2 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4pnstPnvY4&list=PLtbMv4lXX2msIZiCC8z-bBwt2kkFWpguq
Season 3 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsQ2lYSdSA&list=PLtbMv4lXX2mtW-zGH_G35XpbnoStlCmjA
Season 4 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZYTjys7_WA&list=PLtbMv4lXX2mtfjYYL74JqCoI5kZr0P-Pu
Season 5 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LPzIbzWRw4&list=PLtbMv4lXX2mtaEv2tcCFaYtCfQefGkkLl
I also listen to military history audio books. For moral and truth issues, stick to non-fiction. I don’t recommend reading fiction at all.
I think video games are better than TV and movies, because you actually get to make plans and decisions and execute and adapt. If you use Steam, there are curators who detect woke content in games. I play military simulation games like The Troop or Armored Brigade II. Next year, I want to play Sea Power and Task Force Admiral. (You can watch me play The Troop on my YouTube channel). And I love solo military board games, like Skies Above Britain, Atlantic Chase, and Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea. I don’t want to have my views change because of the entertainment I choose.
