{"id":3542,"date":"2009-10-22T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/did-the-simpsons-cross-the-line.html"},"modified":"2009-10-22T16:59:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T16:59:01","slug":"did-the-simpsons-cross-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/did-the-simpsons-cross-the-line.html","title":{"rendered":"Did “The Simpsons” cross the line?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Catholic League’s William Donohue thinks so<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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Bill Donohue says he’s okay with “gentle fun” being poked at his faith. But the Catholic watchdog says The Simpsons went too far on Sunday when they cracked wise about the Eucharist.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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At issue is this year’s installment of the annual Halloween episode. One of the three stories – and we’re taking Donohue’s word for it, because we didn’t catch the show – involved people in Springfield becoming zombies after eating hamburgers infected with tainted meat.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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Bart tries one of the infected hamburgers, but proves immune to the virus, and so becomes the “Chosen One.” When the Simpsons reach a safe zone with other uninfected people, a guard says, “Welcome, son. To survive, all we must do is eat your flesh.” Which leads Marge to ask: “What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior?”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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“What kind of uncivilized people work at Fox?” asked Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and the author of “Secular Sabatoge: How Liberals Are Destroying Religion and Culture in America.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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“Last year, when they poked some gentle fun at the Apostle’s Creed on the Halloween episode, we said nothing,” Donohue said. “That’s because it didn’t cross the line. This year is different: mocking the heart of any religion always crosses the line, and mocking the Eucharist does it for Catholics. They know this at Fox, which is precisely why they did it.” <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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