Miley Cyrus Was Only Half of The Problem

Social media has been in a frenzy this week over Miley Cyrus’ live show on Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Her performance was outlandish, embarrassing, and contained undertones of pedophilia. Cyrus, 20, wore a leotard with a teddy bear design while her dancers were in teddy bear costumes. This presented us with a very silly, childlike theme consistent with the song’s music video. Robin Thicke, 36, enters the stage wearing a black and white striped suit, reminiscent of a prison uniform. Cyrus then proceeds to perform sexual gestures toward him. Though Cyrus is “legal,” the visual was one of a young girl simulating sexual acts with an adult criminal.

Now, we shouldn’t be shocked by this behavior. MTV has been known to push the envelope many times before. Nevertheless, the desperation and immaturity that Cyrus displayed was so extreme that it sent pop-culture into mourning. Bloggers and journalists – particularly Christian conservative ones – have rightly called Cyrus out for her antics. For whatever reason, however, the critics haven’t been as tough on Thicke.

Yet, the Miley Cyrus performance was only half of the problem. There were other displays of inappropriate behavior, including Lady Gaga showing off her bare backside. But I’m mostly surprised that Christian bloggers haven’t said anything about the overtly pro-gay evangelism of rapper Macklemore. His song, “Same Love” won the award for Best Video with a Social Message. His acceptance speech included:

“To watch this song in the last year spread across the world is a testament to what is happening right now in America on the forefront of equality. Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.”

Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out of the closet earlier this year, introduced Macklemore’s live performance of “Same Love” by stating:

“…hating someone for their sexual orientation is the same thing as hating them for the color of their skin.”

The lyrics to “Same Love” contain numerous digs at the Christian community as well as misconceptions of biblical theology and human nature:

“The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made rewiring of a predisposition
Playing God, aw nah here we go
America the brave still fears what we don’t know
And God loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago

When I was at church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen

And I can’t change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to

Love is patient
Love is kind
I’m not crying on Sundays”

Here’s what we learned from the VMAs: if you are morally opposed to the actions of a person, you hate them. If God loves his children, he loves everything they do. Christians paraphrase the Bible when preaching against homosexual acts, but Macklemore isn’t paraphrasing when he sums everything up with “love.” Since sexual desire is foundational to your being, you have the right to be sexual with whomever you prefer. And whatever your sexual preference, it cannot be changed no matter what you do or how hard you try.

The logical fallacies and inconsistencies of such argumentation are obvious and easily refuted. Macklemore’s success is based on judging and stereotyping Christians for being judgmental and stereotypical. Where is the outrage? Why haven’t any Christian blogsites gone viral over this? Why do we show disgust over Miley Cyrus’ performance while remaining silent on the philosophy that justifies such performances? When we condemn the fruit without looking at the root we do so to the detriment of ourselves and the culture around us.

Poor Miley and Robin. They were just doing what their sexual desires lead them to do. According to pop-culture, they can’t change. If that’s true, why are we asking them to?<>поисковое продвижение апродвижение ов юкоз

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