PARENTAL WARNING: If you have not taken your children to see "ParaNorman", please be cautioned: The content includes talk about sex, violence, & sexual orientation.

For many of us a PG rating would be:

·         The Lorax

·         Tangled

·         A Christmas Carol

·         The Muppets

·         The Sorceress Apprentice

 And a PG13 rating is more along the lines of

·         Pirates of the Caribbean

·          Spiderman

·          Marvel’s The Avengers

·          Jurassic Park.

However, in light of the movie release of "PARANORMAN" and NBC television series set to air on primetime September 11, 2012, "THE NEW NORMAL".  This is a Petition for FULL CONTENT TRANSPARENCY & RATING REFORM of movies and Primetime TV, in particular Children’s entertainment.

THE NEW NORMAL Video: http://www.nbc.com/the-new-normal/video/redefining-traditional/1401395

PARANORMAN Trailor: (NONE of the content mentioned above was included in the trailor) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RXm81AsNo&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=SPCA9E7014CCC040FC

This by far is NOT intended to offend anyone or any community.  WE, the parents & guardians of children simply want “Full Content Transparency” and accurate ratings.  It is our right to be fully informed and to choose IF, WHEN, HOW, and WHAT type of information/content we decide to expose or not expose our children to.

Furthermore, it is the obligation of the Entertainment Industry and those who set the ratings to be transparent about content.  The LIABILITY UNTIMATELY rests on them to accurately advise us prior to exposure.  THEY are our first set of eyes and ears and this is why these organizations exist!  At the present time the description for PG & PG13 ratings is VERY vague and states “Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.”

However, NOWHERE on the programming advertising/marketing does it specify “WHAT” material.  WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW “WHAT” MATERIAL.  In particular when Explicit Sexual Content is involved (such as the words sex, condoms, intercourse, etc..). This rating would best be described as SC (Explicit Sexual Content).  Moreover, if there is any Homosexual/Bi-sexual (LGBT) material whether implied, direct, or indirectly; there should be a SO (sexual orientation) rating for that subject.

We feel this works well for ALL communities and all walks of life as these ratings would allow us ALL, as individuals to make the choice to sensor or not sensor our children.  

Many of us took our children to see Paranorman and were surprised this was a PG rating.  The first 5-10 minutes of the movie the mom ask the boy what he is watching on TV, The eight-ish year old boy response to his mom "SEX AND VIOLENCE". This response was EXTREMELY inappropriate!  This should have been rated with an SC Rating (Explicit Sexual Content).

At the end of the movie the teen-aged "Macho Man" character tells a teen-aged girl "You're gonna like my Boyfreind; he's like a total chick-flick nut".  A rating of SO (Sexual Orientation) would have accuratley cautioned the viewers.

If you agree with me on “FULL CONTENT TRANSPARENCY” & RATING REFORM for Children... Please: 

1) Take a stand with me!! Please SIGN & SHARE this petition!!

2) GET YOUR MONEY BACK on the theater tickets (just like I did). If you purchased tickets at Cobb Theater their corporate number is (205) 802-7766. If you visited another please complain to your Theater Corporate Office.

3) CALL the "MPAA" Motion Picture Association of America (The organization that sets the ratings on movies) (818) 995-6600. Ask them to change the rating on Paranorman & Reform the PG & PG13 ratings to include SC (Explicit Sexual Content) & SO (Sexual Orientation).

4) Finally, remember that sharing is caring.  Please help spread the word, email, blog, facebook, twitter, call, etc... Also, PLEASE feel free to provide your "REASONS FOR SIGNING".  It is important that the MPAA know why you care.

Thank you.  

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