Thou shall not worship false idols … unless the idol happens to be President Barack Obama.
Contestant Elise Testone on Fox’s fading pop star showcase “American Idol” sang a duet of sorts with Obama this week as part of her cover performance of the Al Green classic “Let’s Stay Together.”
Just imagine anything of the sort being done with former President George W. Bush. Impossible, we know. But now word is out that a spiritual “Idol” wannabe has been told in no uncertain terms by the producers not to sing the praises of Jesus Christ, according to The Daily News:
American Idol” producers have apparently warned Colton Dixon if he doesn’t tone down his overtly Christian act, he won’t have a prayer of winning the reality competition.
The 20-year-old devout Christian, though, told Today.com that he answers to a higher authority than voting viewers.
When we first started the Twitter and Facebook stuff, they said beware of political and religious tweets,” Dixon told the site. “Just because it can turn off voters or whatever. But, you know, being a Christian is who I am. It is a part of me musically. It is what I want to do after the show — go into Christian music.
So singers giving a shout out to the Lord might be offensive to some viewers, but a segment glorifying Obama, a divisive president hampered with sagging poll numbers, is A-OK with the show’s producers?