Protest "Big Love"

I just made a phone call to HBO protesting their upcoming episode of "Big Love", to be aired Sunday Mar. 15. The current TV Guide has a full-length photo of an actress wearing complete temple clothing, with the following text under the photo:

Big Love, Sunday
“Goin’ to the Chapel’
It’s one thing for Bill and Barb Henrickson’s inner circle to know they have two other wives at home…but letting the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in on the secret? That’s a whole other story, “It’s almost a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy,” says executive producer Mark Olsen. Their under-the-radar status will change this week when Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) faces the consequences of breaking the rules and is called to an excommunication hearing.

“We researched it out the wazoo,” says Olsen, who along with executive producer Will Scheffer hired an ex-Mormon consultant to help the set and wardrobe designers re-create even the tiniest details. “We go into the endowment room and the celestial room (areas of the temple”, and we present what happens in those ceremonies. That’s never been shown on television before,” says Olsen. Adds Scheffer, “But it’s not for shock value. It’s really a very important part of the story.”

The decision won’t be without controversy; According to a church insider, “If they are in fact trying to emulate those rooms in any way, that would be extremely offensive. The general public is not allowed in our temples yet. Not even all Mormons are. We consider them very, very, sacred.” Heaven help us.----Rachael D. Thomas. Page 46, TVGUIDEMAGAZINE

I am so outraged. I phoned HBO and I told them they must have zero respect for our religion to be able to feel free to mop the floor with our most sacred beliefs. I said that there is no way that they would do something like that to the Islam faith, because some Muslim leader would probably announce a death sentence on them. But the executives at HBO don't care a thing about our feelings, or feel any obligation to show any respect to things that are sacred to us. What a company full of jerks.

The woman I spoke to said she had only been on the job an hour today and had already received 9 phone calls. Please add to that number! HBO Consumer Affairs Dept. 212-512-1208 M-F Eastern time.

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Here is the Church's official statement about this TV show: Click here.