The Christian Action Network has sent a letter to the CEO and President of CBS Entertainment Group demanding a meeting after Late Show host Stephen Colbert called Jesus a "cuck" during his September 15, 2022 episode. The word "cuck," according to the NY Times, is short for "cuckold, which is a subgenre of pornography in which a hapless husband is forced to not only watch his wife have sex with another man but - oh dear, I had better stop." (NY Times, Glenn Kenny)
"Christian Action Network is requesting a meeting with CBS executives to discuss an acceptable public apology for allowing one of its network programs to use a deplorable form of character assassination to describe Jesus Christ," said MartinMawyer, president of CAN, a Lynchburg, VA pro-family organization founded in 1990.
"We further recommend that Stephen Colbert issue an apology and seek Christian forgiveness for the use of this vulgar word that reduces Christ to a porn fetish or that he be suspended or terminated," Mawyer wrote in his letter to the CEO and President of CBS Entertainment Group, George Cheeks. [more...]
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