Twisting the Truth on "House"

Several of our home fellowships are beginning the study Twisting the Truth. It's about how Satan's lies infiltrate our culture. One such lie is that "the family" should be defined as any unit of persons who wish to be married, instead of the biblical definition of marriage as one man and one woman. I saw an example of how this lie of redefining the family was recently broadcast on the show "House" on Fox network. In the episode, House, the main character, has a desire (rather, a sinful plan) to get a particular woman to sleep with him. In order to do this, he enlists his male friend's help by pretending they are both gay. When House and his male friend are supposedly having "relationship problems", House tries to get the woman's sympathy so that he can stay at her place and pursue sex with her. In a strange twist of events, House's friend (who is tired of pretending he is gay and is by now trying to convince the woman he is not gay) shows up at a restaurant where House and his female friend are having dinner. In comedic form, House's friend announces that he loves House, will do anything to be with him, and drops to one knee to make a marriage proposal. The woman of course, is embarrassed, stunned, and decides to leave the scene---thus foiling House's plan to stay at her place for the night. House and his friend sit down at each side of the table with a glass of wine, and House glares at his friend with a "I can't believe what you just did" look. You see, by presenting this "marriage proposal" in a 'humorous' light, the lie of redefining marriage slips its way into our culture. If we are not careful, we end up scoffing at the way the scene turned out, since House did not get his "wish" to be with this particular woman (an act of sinful pleasure presented in almost every House episode, no less). By presenting sinful behavior in a humorous light, the lies of Satan infiltrate their way into our thinking and reduce our sensitivity to sin. Once we have seen sinful homosexual behavior- or any adulterous relationship for that matter- presented in humorous ways, we unknowingly accept it through pure repetition. Keep your guard up. Be careful that you are not swallowing Satan's lies without realizing it. God made the human race male and female, and there is dignity in each gender being made in his image (Genesis 1:27). God made man and women to unite in marriage and to "become one flesh".