GOP Senate candidate: ‘Homosexual activities’ ruined great TV shows like ‘I love Lucy’ (Deadstate, more at the link):

According to Alabama Secretary of State and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Merrill, the country is in a moral crisis thanks to the “homosexual activities” and “wife swap shows” that currently dominate entertainment television.

Speaking at a town hall event this past weekend, Merrill lamented what he sees as America’s cultural decline and the loss of wholesome TV shows. Speaking later to AL.com, he reaffirmed his comments.

“The foundational principles which we have grown up as a nation are no more,” Merrill said. “There’s no more TV shows like ‘Gunsmoke’ or ‘Bonanza’ or ‘The Virginian’ or ‘I Love Lucy’ or ‘Andy Griffith.’ [I] said people are too interested in homosexual activities. They’re too interested in the wife swap TV shows and the shows that are not morally uplifting. That’s the problem.”

When pressed further, Merrill declared that he “meant what I said.”

Why would we want morally uplifting? We can watch the antics of such people as Donald Trump, Roy Moore, or Franklin Graham, and do the opposite.