Family Guy

Gay Orgy Incites Parents' Ire

Fox's controversial Family Guy has angered parents again, this time with storylines concerning bestiality, gay orgies, and babies swallowing semen.

It was the March 8 episode that drove the Parents Television Council to file an indecency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against Family Guy , an off-the-wall animated comedy -- that often raises the hackles of conservatives -- about a dysfunctional family with a talking, bi-curious baby and an alcoholic dog.

"Fox treated viewers to everything from an eleven-way gay orgy to baby Stewie eating a bowl of cereal with horse sperm instead of milk," said PTC president Tim Winter in a statement printed in The Hollywood Reporter . "If that isn't enough, the show's leading character is also shown fanaticizing (sic) about his wife and moaning while a horse licks his bare behind. Clearly, the explicit content was not isolated to one instance in one segment of the show; it permeated the entire program."

The children's watchdog group and its 1.3 million members have often complained about Family Guy , as well as shows like Friends, Today , Gilmore Girls and the Live 8 concert. Previously, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane told The Advocate the following about complaints from the PTC: "Oh, yeah. That's like getting hate mail from Hitler. They're literally terrible human beings. I've read their newsletter, I've visited their website, and they're just rotten to the core. For an organization that prides itself on Christian values -- I mean, I'm an atheist, so what do I know? -- they spend their entire day hating people. They can all suck my dick as far as I'm concerned."