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The Tupelo, Mississippi-based American Family Association has launched a campaign against the fledgling NBC drama, The Book of Daniel, claiming the show offers a disrespectful and offensive portrayal of Christianity. Daniel stars Aidan Quinn as the Rev. Daniel Webster, a dedicated Episcopalian minister with a painkiller addiction who regularly sees and converses with Jesus Christ (played by Garret Dillahunt). Aside from Webster's struggles to manage the politics involved with leading an austere New England congregation, the show focuses on the various stresses of his family life. To sum up: the reverend's wife has a fondness for midday martinis; his teenage daughter is caught selling marijuana; his teenage son is on a constant quest to have sex with his girlfriend; and his older son is a gay Republican trying to forge his identity. Then, there's his own Vicodin habit and, of course, the whole chatting-with-Jesus thing. Unsurprisingly, it's not a family model that sits well with conservative Christians.
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