Conservative Group Calls For 'Wicked' Boycott Due To Film Allegedly Pushing 'LGBTQ Agenda'

Well, it was only a matter of time.

The bizarre weirdos at One Million Moms, the far-right Christian group that claims to be one million strong despite having only 4,300 followers on its 14-year-old X account and 579 on Instagram, are furious about Wicked. Furious!

The group, which is absolutely obsessed with LGBTQ+ people, is hoppin' mad about the blockbuster film because of its supposedly queer content, of which it has precisely none, and its "tremendous amount of witchcraft and sorcery," which aren't real.

Nevertheless, the group has started a petition to boycott the film, which has grossed $457 million so far and is still selling out nearly three weeks after its release. The boycott ship may have sailed, ladies!

In an email sent to its followers, One Million Moms wrote:

“Four of the film’s main characters are openly queer or gay in real life, or at the minimum, these actors have spoken about their queer experiences.”

Okay, and? So is someone you pass on the street every single day, what is your point?

This is presumably a reference to stars Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang, and Marissa Bode, who are all LGBTQ+, but none of the film's characters are explicitly queer and there are no queer elements to the storyline.

Anyway, the email complains that the film's content is a "nod to inclusivity," which is of course the scariest thing possible to a group of good Christian bigots. The email goes on to snipe:

“Universal has now decided to be politically correct instead of providing family-friendly programming.”

“As moms, we all want to know when Universal is attempting to desensitize our children by normalizing the LGBTQ lifestyle.”
 

LOL okay. I'm sure if any good, Christian entertainment could pull in half a billion dollars in three weeks Universal would make some, but alas!

On social media, people obviously found this whole thing ridiculous for many reasons.

So far, One Million Moms' petition telling moms not to see Wicked has garnered a bit more than 12,000 signatures in five days. Guess the other 988,000 moms don't have internet or something.