Dick Quickwood Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 U.S. Christians Issue Gay Warning Over Kid Video By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christian Conservative groups have issued a gay alert warning over a children's video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and a host of other cartoon favorites. The wacky square yellow SpongeBob is one of the stars of a music video due to be sent to 61,000 U.S. schools in March. The makers -- the nonprofit We Are Family Foundation -- say the video is designed to encourage tolerance and diversity. But at least two Christian activist groups say the innocent cartoon characters are being exploited to promote the acceptance of homosexuality. "A short step beneath the surface reveals that one of the differences being celebrated is homosexuality," wrote Ed Vitagliano in an article for the American Family Association. The video is a remake of the 1979 hit song "We Are Family" using the voices and images of SpongeBob, Barney, Winnie the Pooh, Bob the Builder, the Rugrats and 100 TV cartoon stars. It was made by a foundation set up by songwriter Nile Rodgers after the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked plane attacks to promote the nation's healing process. Christian groups however have taken exception to the tolerance pledge on the foundation's Web site which asks people to respect the sexual identity of others along with their abilities, beliefs, culture and race. "Their inclusion of the reference to 'sexual identity" within their 'tolerance pledge' is not only unnecessary but it crosses a moral line," Dr James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said in a statement on Thursday. Rodgers was astounded at the attack. "That is so myopic and harsh. You have really got to look hard to find anything in this that is offensive to anyone. The last thing I am going to do is taint these characters," he told Reuters. Dobson was quoted by the New York Times on Thursday as having singled out the wildly popular SpongeBob during remarks about the video at a Washington D.C. dinner this week. SpongeBob, who lives in a pineapple under the sea, was "outed" by the U.S. media in 2002 after reports that the TV show and its merchandise was popular with gays. His creator, Stephen Hillenburg, said at the time that although SpongeBob was an oddball, he thought of all the characters as asexual. It is not the first time that children's TV favorites have come under the critical spotlight of the U.S. Christian right. Tinky Winky, the purse-toting purple Teletubbie, was in 1999 declared a homosexual role model by Rev. Jerry Falwell. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/n...fe_spongebob_dc dun dun dun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 ernie and bert sleep in the same bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 All the Transformers were flamers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 brainwash motherfuckers, brainwash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Originally posted by Dr. Dazzle@Jan 21 2005, 12:38 AM All the Transformers were flamers..... Quoted post dood thats not funny I had every single one ever made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 its so unbelievable poeple cant just accept gays, and what is more unbelievable that they would go out against a video like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 James Dobson is all about this. His new name is "SpongeDob Stickypants" (credit wolcott: http://www.jameswolcott.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle....PONGEBOB-DC.XML another source. I swear it's like anything fun that doesnt involve guns is on their shit list. * "Want to smoke a referino?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyHorton Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Originally posted by EarMuffs+Jan 21 2005, 08:44 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (EarMuffs - Jan 21 2005, 08:44 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Dr. Dazzle@Jan 21 2005, 12:38 AM All the Transformers were flamers..... Quoted post dood thats not funny I had every single one ever made Quoted post [/b] flamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Wait, Rage is gaY???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyNapua Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 it is fucking insane how these right wing fuckheads look at life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Originally posted by Dr. Dazzle@Jan 21 2005, 03:38 AM All the Transformers were flamers..... Quoted post poor ravage! gaydar?? tag team ???? (notice rumble giving megatron a hardcore anal pounding!) shit, i can't wait to get to he-man and gi joe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahyoulose Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Originally posted by willy.wonka@Jan 21 2005, 04:19 AM Quoted post this comic unbelievably funny i forget what the name of it is... but i have read 4 of these comics.. i have never been so entertained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Originally posted by willy.wonka@Jan 21 2005, 12:19 PM Quoted post Best. Post. Ever. I think the reason why all these right-wing Christian Right motherfuckers think that every children's character is a homosexual is because deep down inside they are jealous of the attention these characters get from little boys. My point is that that Dobson and Co. are closet homosexual pedophiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBOCAPSLOK Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 PLOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatita Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Over zealous Christians who are against gays = are really homosexual and feel threatened from outwardly gay people. This world is seriously ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I forgot what their stupid name is, but has anyone else heard about this family in Topeka Kansas that protests at the funerals of people who died of AIDS? Michael Moore did a piece on them a while back. They have these big signs that say "god hates fags". They sometimes stand on the side of the road with these which makes me just want to drive by and throw acid on them. Has anyone else heard of these people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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