‘Veggie Tales’ creator: I won’t show gay ‘wedding’ in kids shows, ‘not what…is best’ for them
The co-creator of “Veggie Tales” says that Christian filmmakers will need to start addressing LGBT issues in their work, but from a biblical perspective, since children are already being exposed to these narratives in secular programming. Phil Vischer said he won’t compromise if pressed. “If I get pressure from Hollywood to show two men getting 'married' because we’ve all decided it’s right and correct, my pushback is: ‘No, I won’t,” he stated. “Because that’s not what I believe is best for kids,’” “It’s more about what we show as normal rather than explicitly showing something and saying, ‘that’s wrong,’” he said. “I’m portraying the positive rather than the negative.” “At least for now,” said Vischer. “I do believe that at some point we’ll be forced to figure out how to explicitly address it.” Christian families don’t have the choice of whether to expose their children to LGBT issues, he said, with society having placed them on the par with civil rights. “Pare...