Ben & Jerry’s the Vermont based natural ice cream company announced it had created a limited batch flavor based on “Saturday Night Live’s” ‘Schweddy Balls’ sketch.

A word about the actual sketch: It was a parody of the way National Public Radio might treat a subject. Since the late 90’s when it aired, it has been an excellent example of satire and as such protected by the 1st Amendment rights guaranteed in the Constitution and protected as parody by the Supreme Court.

It was shown during the Alec Baldwin interview on the Bravo Channels ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ with James Lipton, an American writer poet composer actor and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School.

Not so amused is the group One million moms, a project of the American Family Association that is “fed up with the filth of many segments of our society, especially the entertainment media.” We would suggest they exercise parental control instead of trying to control others. When you suppress anything it’s a basic human characteristic to want it or see it or learn about it. For rational people this is one way to learn.

This is not the first time ‘one man’s ceiling is another man’s floor’. The Ben and Jerry flavor ‘Hubby Hubby’ celebrated Vermont’s and other state’s decision to legalize same sex marriage:

OMM: “It seems that offending customers has become an annual tradition for Ben & Jerry’s.” (Offense is taken by the so called offended)

A spokesman for Ben & Jerry’s said the flavor is “congruent with our values, in terms of having fun,” One million moms balked and mounted a campaign to rid the world of this vulgar flavor, probably because the mere innuendo was so anathema to their so called ‘clean’ views.

OMM: “The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive. Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket.” (Let me mention the extreme position to which their quote takes when they use the context of a child asking for it by name)

The group has also protested Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley’s participation on “Dancing With the Stars” and Rite Aid selling “v*br*tors, d*ld*s and other s*x toys” on its Web site. (Asterisks are used by the group.)

The protest, though, will probably not change the name anytime soon. Liz Stewart, a spokeswoman for Ben & Jerry’s said, “We respect their opinion, but we don’t think we’re doing anything wrong.” She said the name is in line with the irreverence of the brand.

Plus, the ice cream has plenty of fans. It sold out within the first two days at the company’s downtown Burlington, VT store and a crowd sourced map has filled up on Google Maps to help other hungry ice cream hunters find the new flavor:

One million moms.com is a project of the American Family Assn. and this is from their website:

‘Loving your child is to teach them right from wrong and help them find help when they need it. Someone has to want help and seek help though. A sin is a sin. We are all sinners, but we try to do better and get help when and where we need it. Thousands of Christian counselors and pastors are available all across the country to help anyone who is struggling and living in any kind of sin including homosexuality, gender identity disorder or gender dysphoria’. In other words, if there is anything they disagree with, it’s wrong.

It is American Family Association’s goal to be a champion of Christian activism.  If you are alarmed by the increasing ungodliness and depravity assaulting our nation, tired of cursing the darkness, and ready to light a bonfire, please join us.  Do it for your children and grandchildren. (Yes and hopefully they will become enlightened to your distortions and outright mistruths and will become well rounded thinking members of a society diverse, unique and able to function in a world where Love, not hate prevails)