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AFA Offshoot "One Million Moms" Boycotting New Muppets Show Because, Wait For It..
It has "adult humor"! The horror! Have these people not seen an episode of Spongebob Squarepants? 
You know that grunt-like scream that Miss Piggy makes when she’s really made and frustrated? That’s pretty much what the American Family Association offshoot One Million Moms is doing right now as they boycott ABC’s The Muppets TV show premiering this Tuesday at 8pm Eastern.
The organization touts a mission statement saying that they are trying to “stop the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media” and “stand against the immorality, violence, vulgarity and profanity the entertainment media is throwing at your children.” Or more succinctly put, “We want our children to have the best chance possible of living in a moral society.”
So it might come as no surprise that The Muppets TV series, which has been described as having a more adult-skewed tone than previous Muppet stories, has the organization in uproar because the show apparently makes nonchalant jokes about sex and drugs. Find out more about One Million Moms boycotting The Muppets below.
In an e-mail sent out to all their subscribers, members and followers, which they also posted on their website, the organization says of The Muppets:
“ABC hopes children watch the show and predict they would enjoy some of the humor, but 1MM would disagree. It is not the show it once was. ABC has ruined “The Muppets.” How many parents want to explain the punchline of sexually charged jokes to young children?
Many parents unknowingly will let their children watch an episode only to find out its perverted nature too late, unless they are alerted ahead of time. 1MM and others need to get the word out to families to avoid this program at all costs.”
http://www.slashfilm.com/one-million-moms-boycotting-the-muppets/
The organization touts a mission statement saying that they are trying to “stop the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media” and “stand against the immorality, violence, vulgarity and profanity the entertainment media is throwing at your children.” Or more succinctly put, “We want our children to have the best chance possible of living in a moral society.”
So it might come as no surprise that The Muppets TV series, which has been described as having a more adult-skewed tone than previous Muppet stories, has the organization in uproar because the show apparently makes nonchalant jokes about sex and drugs. Find out more about One Million Moms boycotting The Muppets below.
In an e-mail sent out to all their subscribers, members and followers, which they also posted on their website, the organization says of The Muppets:
“ABC hopes children watch the show and predict they would enjoy some of the humor, but 1MM would disagree. It is not the show it once was. ABC has ruined “The Muppets.” How many parents want to explain the punchline of sexually charged jokes to young children?
Many parents unknowingly will let their children watch an episode only to find out its perverted nature too late, unless they are alerted ahead of time. 1MM and others need to get the word out to families to avoid this program at all costs.”
http://www.slashfilm.com/one-million-moms-boycotting-the-muppets/
Somewhere even Jesus is saying "don't you people have anything better to do?"
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Anything that pisses off the uber fundie types has to be good! 
I'm guessing that they're the people who bought the most copies! 
Anyway, if Rick Santorum's weak showing in the polls is any indication, running against smutnfilth isn't nearly as popular as it used to be, "million moms" or no.
Is more like "1,000 Guys On Laptops With 1,000 G-Mail Accounts Each."
waaaay subtle jokes---Fozzie Bear didn't care for all the responses to his Lovelorn ad (he was "a passionate bear"
, and then said they were "WRONG....not wrong, wrong for ME!" Heh.
Second one I caught (I tuned in a bit late) was after Denise seductively spoke into Kermit's ear, he said he couldn't get up to get his own brownie sundae because "I'm too full."
