As I sit here playing TV catch-up, watching my Tivoed copy of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from Tuesday, I find myself just about at the end of my rope with the whole damn Law & Order franchise. This particular episode essentially preaches about same sex marriage, while other episodes have sermonized about a broad range of hot-button issues. The moralizing, preaching, and political pandering has increased over the past couple of years in all three (and last year, four) of the Law & Order series. Clearly, NBC and Dick Wolf have decided that the popularity of these programs provides a convenient pulpit from which to preach the liberal gospel.
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