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Say what you will about we conservative Christians, we do not lack opinions. And we\u2019re eager to tell you what they are\u2014sometimes even before we know exactly what we\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n
Take ABC\u2019s The Muppets<\/em>, which premiered Tuesday. Before the premiere, the show was widely advertised as an \u201cadult\u201d Muppet show\u2014a phrase\u00a0used by Kermit the Frog himself in an interview or two. One advertisement, showing a towel-toting Kermit, declared, \u201cFinally. A network TV show with full frontal nudity.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s\u00a0certainly not the most auspicious way to advertise what one would think would be a show for the whole family. Indeed, lots of conservative Christians were horrified. In fact, One Million Moms called for the show\u2019s cancellation shortly before the first episode aired\u2014issuing a petition that called the program \u201cperverted.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe puppet characters loved by kids in the 1970s and 1980s and beyond are now weighing in on interspecies relationships and promiscuity,\u201d the petition said.<\/p>\n I\u2019m no scientist, but frogs and pigs are of different species, yes? Even the original Muppet Show<\/em> had a bit of an edge to it (nostalgia makes us forget such things), and, as we see from this clip, its share of passionate intrigue as well.<\/p>\n