Lilith
04-07-2004, 06:11 AM
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian priests are campaigning
across the Balkan country to convince believers not to
watch a popular reality TV show that has broadcast
live sex, Romanian media said on Thursday.
The Romanian version of Big Brother, where a group of
young people live together in a house with live
cameras, was heavily fined by the country's media
watchdog last month for broadcasting images of two
housemates having sex.
Several Christian denominations issued a rare joint
statement condemning the show as immoral and urging
viewers to switch channel.
"This program is of very bad taste and an unhappy
experiment on humans which morally destroys the
youth," said the statement on the Romanian Orthodox
Patriarchate's Web Site.
"Big Brother offers a false system of values in which
freedom turns into frivolity, the truth becomes lie
and the right, good and beauty are minimized," it
said.
Priests in Bucharest and across the largely Orthodox
Christian country were telling congregations the Big
Brother show was jeopardizing their peace of mind.
The show was fined about $15,000 for its display of
sex and its producers have said they will appeal the decision.
across the Balkan country to convince believers not to
watch a popular reality TV show that has broadcast
live sex, Romanian media said on Thursday.
The Romanian version of Big Brother, where a group of
young people live together in a house with live
cameras, was heavily fined by the country's media
watchdog last month for broadcasting images of two
housemates having sex.
Several Christian denominations issued a rare joint
statement condemning the show as immoral and urging
viewers to switch channel.
"This program is of very bad taste and an unhappy
experiment on humans which morally destroys the
youth," said the statement on the Romanian Orthodox
Patriarchate's Web Site.
"Big Brother offers a false system of values in which
freedom turns into frivolity, the truth becomes lie
and the right, good and beauty are minimized," it
said.
Priests in Bucharest and across the largely Orthodox
Christian country were telling congregations the Big
Brother show was jeopardizing their peace of mind.
The show was fined about $15,000 for its display of
sex and its producers have said they will appeal the decision.