I've never watched an episode of "John and Kate Plus 8" until Rachel and I had it on in the background last night (I was heavily involved in beating my high score on Bejeweled Blitz). I of course saw the headlines and as an avid fan of "The Soup" I knew some of the back story leading to the tensions between the couple.
It amazes me the circus that now surrounds this family. Even more amazing to me is that the couple/non couple suggest that their celebrity is not desire. You can see more in this article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ce/us_tv_jon___kate_split
If the attention was unwanted, and the pressure so great on them, why then did being on TV trump their commitment to each other and to their kids? Why is a family like this willing to put such personal, private struggles on such public display? Of course we know that people are voyeuristic by nature, so we know why such a show is so popular.
The amazing thing is that, by my count, this one TV show has now ruined more marriages than legalized same gender marriage. In fact if you watch the landscape of reality TV, from the horrible "Who wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire" to "Temptation Island" to shows like "Bridezillas" it seems that there is a large segment of the entertainment industry that is out to mock and trivialize marriage instead of recognizing it as a sacred moment in two people's lives.
Yet many of the same people who create, produce and consume these shows buy the idea that legalized same-gender marriage causes harm to the insitution of marriage. Obviously the only things that can dammage any marriage are selfish acts, lack of consideration for one's partner and a filure to communicate, things that can happen to any marriage.
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