Spiritual defender: Christian women's group fires back at SNL's 'DJesus Uncrossed' parody

Friday, March 8, 2013

Christian women's group fires back at SNL's 'DJesus Uncrossed' parody - The Hill's Video

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RAYLOKEMarch 8, 2013 at 12:20 PM
..ANEW Low is obviously a new PRECENENT ; ... Nance said the show "stooped to a new low."

"Unfortunately, they crossed the Rubicon from the clever, irreverent show of my youth to a stagnant, predictable troupe that often relies on shock to make up for a gross lack of creativity. Too bad," Nance said. "What they fail to recognize is that Christians can laugh at ourselves — and do so often — when the joke is funny. But SNL's treatment of us and others in recent years is meant to degrade and taunt."

Nance also objected to the decision to air the skit during Lent, saying producers went "out of their way to mock Jesus Christ and Christianity during our most important religious season."

The group, which promotes Biblical vaclues and familiy traditions and counts half a million members nationwide, went on to urge members to complain to the show's advertisers.

"The First Amendment protects their right to offend, and it also protects our right to complain to NBC and the advertisers that sponsor SNL," Nance said. "Funny how that works both ways."

"Saturday Night Live," for its part, seemed unconcerned with the controversy. On Sunday, lead writer Seth Meyers tweeted a link to the extended "director's cut" of the sketch and thanked the show's "incredible film unit."

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