Last Saturday, I took my children to the cinema to see what I thought would be a movie with appropriate content for children. Admittedly, I had my reservations at first because I was familiar with the tv show, The Simpsons, in which the writers have repeatedly subtly and overtly introduced adult issues.

However, I was not prepared for the kind of explicit audio and visual homosexual content that the movie had to offer.

The movies shown at cinemas in Jamaica are reviewed for inappropriate content by the 'Cinematograph Authority' prior to domestic release. However, this group sadly erred in judgment when they sanctioned the showing of this film as 'PG' rated rather than the 'PG-13' rating it was given in the United States.

It is quite alarming to me that, given our society's cultural and widely expressed opposition (right or wrong) about homosexuality, that this body would seek to make this film more accessible (comparedto the more liberal U.S.A.) to the young and impressionable ones among us.

I think this kind of gross disrespect for parenthood and the obvious disregard at the negative impact that this could have on children points more broadly at the degradation of values in our society.

- Outraged Parent, krct73@yahoo.com