Conservative Group Pressures Companies to Pull Ads from Controversial TV Shows

The Florida Family Association (FFA), led by executive director David Caton, continues to pressure companies that advertise their products on television shows with controversial content -- taking aim at shows on Spike TV and a branch of Nickelodeon.

Spike TVs Blue Mountain State continues to mock Christianity and push the envelope with very explicit material, wrote Caton. One of the new fall episodes of Blue Mountain State is titled Born Again. This episode belittles the confession of sin to God and mocks the relevance of the Christian church.

Blue Mountain State is a show about the many perversions of a college football team, the quarterback of which professes to be a Christian, added Caton. The show highlights the football players and their friends who engage in prostitution, multiple partners, same-sex partners, public sex acts, etc. The content of this show is some of the most explicit on network television.

Blue Mountain State's highly explicit and Christian-bashing content is irresponsible, especially since it is aired on an unrestricted advertiser-supported network that any child can watch, continued Caton.

Caton and the FFA are celebrating one victory this week as they claimed credit for forcing California Milk Processor Board to drop its Got Milk? ads from Degrassi: The Boiling Point."

This program is loaded with irresponsible content including sexting, drug abuse, underage drinking, reckless driving, teen pregnancy, violent crime and explicit homosexuality, noted Caton. The theme of DeGrassi revolves around Riley Stavros, the high school football teams first string quarterback and his homosexual lifestyle. Tragically this show flaunts the high-risk behavior of these high school students in front of millions of teenagers and children who watch Teen Nick.