Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video

[papau]

A tolerance pledge which asks people to respect the sexual identity of others along with their abilities, beliefs, culture and race, offends the Christian right.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/20/sponge.bob.reut/index.html

Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video
Conservative groups criticize maker's 'tolerance pledge'
Friday, January 21, 2005 Posted: 6:44 AM EST (1144 GMT)

SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea.

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian groups (Ed Vitagliano in an article for the American Family Association and James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family) accuse the makers (We Are Family Foundation) of a (music video due to be sent to 61,000 U.S. schools in March)video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and a host of other cartoon characters of promoting homosexuality to children.<snip>

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.

<snip>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.

[soleft]

1. To me a gay warning would be more like

Yo, stay away from that bi-curious poser!

[papau]

7. Excellent - LOL :-)

:-)

[woo me with science]

2. LOL! nt

[Dr Fate]

3. "Warning?" I wish someone would issue a Bull Shit warning...

...but then no one would watch the news.

[w4rma]

4. Fundamentalist Xians. Working hard to keep America divided. (nt)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Why should respecting people offend Christians?

Seems like that is what He wanted us to do, no?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

6. i hope they keep this shit up

i know many DUers share my sentiments. How long before Bush addresses sponge-bob, now that his knuckledragging AntiXian handlers have a chubby for a cartoon?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

8. I hope they keep doing this like this

and showing everyone how stupid they are.
BTW, is this the first time in history where someone has managed to be hateful and silly at the same time?

[Pirate Smile]

9. Tolerance - by God we will have NONE of that here!!!!

:eyes:

[AusTexDem]

10. i have read that the pledge does not mention sexual identity.

anyone know if that is true?

[Moderator]

11. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1167150&mesg_id=1167150