In a recent interview, Snoop Dogg expressed his discomfort with how LGBTQ+ themes are increasingly being introduced into children’s entertainment. Speaking on Dr. Sarah Fontenot’s It’s Giving podcast, he recalled taking his grandson to see Disney’s Lightyear (2022), only to be confronted with a storyline featuring a same-sex couple.
“They’re like, ‘She had a baby — with another woman,’” Snoop explained, according to the New York Post. “Well, my grandson, in the middle of the movie is like, ‘Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman!’” The rapper admitted he was unprepared for the question, saying, “‘Oh sh-t, I didn’t come in for this sh-t. I just came to watch the goddamn movie.’”
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For Catholic parents and grandparents, this exchange strikes at the heart of a growing problem: children’s films and television increasingly carry messages that contradict God’s design for the family. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman, open to the gift of life (CCC 1601). To normalize otherwise, especially in programming targeted at young children, is to plant seeds of confusion about truth and human identity.
Snoop confessed that he “didn’t have the answer” when his grandson pressed the issue further: “They just said, she and she had a baby — they’re both women. How does she have a baby?” He admitted, “It threw me for a loop. I’m like, ‘What part of the movie was this? These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer.’” (New York Post).
Here lies a real pastoral challenge. Children ask questions because they are hungry for truth. Yet when the culture feeds them distortions of reality, parents and grandparents must be ready to respond with clarity and love. As the Book of Proverbs teaches: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).
The backlash against Snoop’s comments was swift. Critics accused him of being out of touch, with one commenter asking, “You’re telling me that as a 50+ year old man, you still don’t know how to talk to a kid about same sex parents?” Others mocked his discomfort, tweeting, “Imagine being Snoop Dogg, the face of weed and murder rap, but scared of representation in a kids movie” (New York Post).
But this public scorn highlights the growing intolerance toward anyone who resists the cultural agenda. For Catholics, this is not about hate or fear—it is about protecting innocence and guarding the truths of the faith. Children deserve stories that uplift virtue, celebrate authentic family life, and reflect God’s creative order.
Pope St. John Paul II once wrote that children “must grow up with an appreciation for the true, the good, and the beautiful.” If instead they are introduced to false versions of love and family, it becomes harder for them to discern what is true.
As Snoop himself observed, “I’m like, scared to go to the movies. Y’all throwing me in the middle of sh-t that I don’t have an answer for” (New York Post). If a celebrity grandfather is caught off guard, how much more must ordinary parents be prepared? The answer for Catholic families lies in vigilance, discernment, and the courage to say “no” to entertainment that undermines what is holy.
Ultimately, the Church calls us not to retreat in silence but to witness to truth in love. Catholic families can and must be countercultural, raising their children with confidence that God’s plan for marriage and family is good, beautiful, and worthy of defense—even when the world insists otherwise.
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