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I've heard about this.
I like SpongeBob and so what if he's gay?
OK GUYS!!!
I know you all disagreed with me on the classic thread on gays, but read this article.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...eut/index.html
Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian groups accuse the makers of a video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and a host of other cartoon characters of promoting sexuality to children.
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 sexuality.
"A short step beneath the surface reveals that one of the differences being celebrated is sexuality," 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 other TV cartoon characters. It was made by a foundation set up by songwriter Nile Rodgers after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in an effort to promote healing.
Christian groups however have taken exception to the tolerance pledge on the foundation's Web site, which asks people to respect the sexual iden y of others along with their abilities, beliefs, culture and race.
"Their inclusion of the reference to 'sexual iden y" within their 'tolerance pledge' is not only unnecessary, but it crosses a moral line," James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said in a statement released Thursday.
Rodgers said he was astounded by the attack.
"That is so myopic and harsh," he told Reuters. "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."
Dobson was quoted by the New York Times on Thursday as having singled out the wildly popular SpongeBob during remarks about the video at dinner this week in Washington, D.C.
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 are popular with gays. His creator, Stephen Hillenburg, said at the time that though SpongeBob was an oddball, he thought of all the characters in the show as asexual.
It is not the first time that children's TV favorites have come under the critical spotlight of the Christian right. In 1999, the Rev. Jerry Falwell described Tinky Winky, the purse-toting purple Teletubbie, as a gay role model.
I've heard about this.
I like SpongeBob and so what if he's gay?
Another gay thread brought to us by Alvarez. ... not that there is anything wrong with Alvarez.
Since Al posted it, I'd like to hear his thoughts.
I didn't bring the last one, i just commented it.
I don't have any thoughts , I have no problem with spongebob.
You thought enough to post this topic though.
I just thought it was funny.You thought enough to post this topic though.
And I was bored, after all this is The Club.
To me, it's the -around forum.
I agree, it is funny.
Spongebob always looked gay to me.
I just thought he looked kind of square but not gay.
blah, blah, blah...
First Barney, then a Teletubby....now Sponge Bob.
Apparently there aren't supposed to be gentle characters for very young children to be entertained by.
People are too ing paranoid.
to you, everyone looks gay. Tommy v included right?
i think i saw tommy wearin that spongebob shyt while he was drivin his daddy's hummer on culebra
No one is paranoid here.
This thread wasn't made to bash on Spongebob for being a .
(I was referring to the article
Oh OK,(I was referring to the article
Talk about taking it in the hole...
Talk about taking it in the hole...
Sponges are asexual.
James Dobson is an embarrassment.
I can't believe nobody jumped all over this hanging curveball. Bunch of freaking slackers...
To me, this sums up the "Moral Right"their 'tolerance pledge' is not only unnecessary, but it crosses a moral line
Patrick Starfish is the . He rocks the house.
So he's gay, that explains why the starfish looks like a certain body part.
Of course Spongebob is gay. "He" has crazier eyelashes than a dragqueen at a Broadway review. It also explains his abnormal persistence in gaining his male neighbor's favor. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
This thread is gay.
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