Most of us would look at a mouse in our house as an undesirable thing.  We may think of him as an unwelcome intruder.  Besides just being a little creepy, he could cause damage, make a mess, and worst of all, help make many more mice that could intrude into your house.  It's hard to imagine that many of us would intentionally allow the mouse in our house with an open invite.  Something about that just seems to go against common sense.  

This show begins by discussing the most famous of mice, Mickey Mouse.  In recent days, the creators and owners of Mickey have come under fire for using the platform of Mickey and his gang to infiltrate your house with a very selective message.  In particular, this is the message of promoting and exposing young children to the ideas and concepts of the LGBTQ community.  They openly have stated that they want to do this by creating characters in their productions that reflect or live in such a way.  The hope, as it seems, is to desensitize the next generation to the lifestyle of the LGBTQ community. Not only to promote acceptance for the current population of LGBTQ, but also to encourage those not yet clearly identified or even understanding the concept of the lifestyle.  

Using the "mouse in the house" metaphor, many parents are seeing Disney's latest promotion as just that, an intrusion by an undesired mouse.  Something that could cause damage or harm to their family.  They question the healthiness of the LGBTA lifestyle, especially for their own kids.  

During the show, Linda and Merrill state that they are not doing the show to create an argument on what is right or wrong.  They are promoting that all parents have a responsibility to protect and raise their children.  In order to do this, parents must intentionally identify what they deem harmful or dangerous.  The question is, how do you determine whether something or someone is harmful or dangerous.  This is the crux of the discussion.  Making an assumption, either way is irresponsible and potentially very harmful. Parents must determine how they are going to approach these issues what they will allow their children to be exposed to and then how to protect them from unwanted intruders.  

As for Christian parents, this is actually much easier than we often think it is.  We use God's word to help us determine what is harmful or healthy.  His word describes the nature by which God operates both in the natural world and the spiritual world.  The key here is to refer to God for making the decision as to whether the mouse is harmful or not.  Social pressures or media persuasion is not our authority. 

A key takeaway is the understanding that God hates sin but loves sinners.  All of us are sinners, no one is righteous.  We must not take personally the protection of our sin, but rather, we must desire to take personally the protection of our relationship with the nature of God. 

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