Franklin Graham uncorks on sex-packed Super Bowl halftime show - WND
"The Rev. Franklin Graham lashed out at the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday night as demeaning to women. The event featured singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira wearing revealing costumes and Lopez pole dancing.
"I don’t expect the world to act like the church, but our country has had a sense of moral decency on prime time television in order to protect children," Graham wrote on his Facebook page. "We see that disappearing before our eyes. It was demonstrated tonight in the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show — with millions of children watching.
"This exhibition was Pepsi showing young girls that sexual exploitation of women is okay. With the exploitation of women on the rise worldwide, instead of lowering the standard, we as a society should be raising it. I’m disappointed in Pepsi and the NFL."
The political overtones of the show were clear days before the game took place.
"Two Latinas doing this in this country at this time is just very empowering to us," Lopez said last week, according to CNN. "It's very important for us to convey a message of unity and also to show what a relevant force the Latin community is in this country," Shakira said.
Lopez performed Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." wearing a coat that was a Puerto Rican flag on the inside and an American flag on the outside, while during the show children were in cage-like structures in what appeared to be a jab at the family separation policies along America's southern border."
"The Rev. Franklin Graham lashed out at the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday night as demeaning to women. The event featured singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira wearing revealing costumes and Lopez pole dancing.
"I don’t expect the world to act like the church, but our country has had a sense of moral decency on prime time television in order to protect children," Graham wrote on his Facebook page. "We see that disappearing before our eyes. It was demonstrated tonight in the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show — with millions of children watching.
"This exhibition was Pepsi showing young girls that sexual exploitation of women is okay. With the exploitation of women on the rise worldwide, instead of lowering the standard, we as a society should be raising it. I’m disappointed in Pepsi and the NFL."
The political overtones of the show were clear days before the game took place.
"Two Latinas doing this in this country at this time is just very empowering to us," Lopez said last week, according to CNN. "It's very important for us to convey a message of unity and also to show what a relevant force the Latin community is in this country," Shakira said.
Lopez performed Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." wearing a coat that was a Puerto Rican flag on the inside and an American flag on the outside, while during the show children were in cage-like structures in what appeared to be a jab at the family separation policies along America's southern border."
