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Does Hollywood now set our morals?

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Last week's episode of ABC Family 's The Fosters featured a same-sex kiss shared by two 13-year-old, seventh-grade boys. The characters involved, Connor and Jude , are the youngest ever to do so on television. Series co-creator Peter Paige told The Wrap, "If people want to judge it I think maybe they should watch and see how carefully, delicately and chastely it was handled. … I would say it's very easy to balk at or sensationalize the headline, but it's hard to deny the truth or the integrity of the whole story. … We are here to tell the true stories of what it is to grow up, and these are true stories of what it is to grow up as a young, potentially gay person. It's the truth and that's all." Gabe Bergado wrote in The Daily Beast , "The Fosters is already lauded as one of the most progressive shows on TV , with the heads of household being an interracial lesbian couple raising a family of biological, foster, and adopted kin. With the kis