This Christian Group is Asking Netflix to Pull '13 Reasons Why' after Teen Suicides

Mark A. Kellner : Apr 12, 2018
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AFA's Walker Wildmon said ... the series is "a very dark show, but it's dark towards our teenagers. It targets them, it's very dark, it glorifies suicide. We're trying to inform adults you need to keep an eye on what your kids are watching."

[ChristianHeadlines.com] A conservative Christian organization has asked video streaming giant Netflix to pull "13 Reasons Why," a dramatic series that critics say glamorizes suicide, after several teens who reportedly watched the show took their own lives. (Photo: Young woman crying/Creative Commons/Pixabay)

"This is not a partisan issue, not a conservative issue, but an issue of what we're putting in front of our teens," said Walker Wildmon, assistant to American Family Association President Tim Wildmon, his father. The Tupelo, Mississippi-based group said it has collected more than 30,000 signatures on a petition calling for the cancellation.

"Fourteen-year-old Anna Bright from Alabaster, Alabama, killed herself April 18, 2017, after binge-watching the ... series," according to...

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