Christian groups issue "gay warning" -- whatever that is
Sponge Bob is gay
Still, Dobson assistant Paul Batura told the Times that Focus on the Family stands by its complaint. ''We see the video as an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids,'' he said.
Leave it to the good doctor, James Dobson, to make American Christians look like a bunch of idiots.
Friday, January 21, 2005
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Well, since sponges are asexual...
Haven't seen the video yet, so I can't pass judgement. Have you?
No. I heard (but have not been able to find reference to online) that the offending action is that of Sponge Bob holding the hand of a male friend.
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15756,00.html?tnews
Dobson based his charge on a "tolerance pledge" found on the We Are Family Foundation Website. The two-paragraph statement seeks "respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own."
"...Their inclusion of the reference to 'sexual identity' within their 'tolerance pledge' is not only unnecessary, but it crosses a moral line," a statement from Focus on the Family says.
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The group, founded by music-industry veteran Nile Rodgers, who wrote "We Are Family" onto the charts, said the offending "tolerance pledge," which it stands behind, won't even be included in the DVD package mailed to schools.
Actor Tom Kenny, who gives high-pitched voice to SpongeBob, told his hometown newspaper, New York's Syracuse Post-Standard, that producers merely wanted to "make a video that [says] it's a positive, good thing to be respectful of people different from you."
You're right; Dobson doesn't say that SpongeBob is gay. But he does call it a "pro-homosexual video," (and his FotF lackey says that it could "brainwash" kids, which is just perposterous) and while I haven't seen it, I haven't found any evidence that the video actually promotes homosexuality, just that the organization wants to encourage people to not treat people differently because they are homosexual. I think that is different than supporting gay marriage or saying homosexuality is morally ok.
As for Michael Moore, I don't think it's a stretch to put him in the same category as Dobson. I certainly don't agree with everything Moore says, and I bet you don't agree with Dobson 100%, Peter. Both of them are on the extreme fringe, and yet I think both feel that they somehow speak for everyone who leans in their direction. I could be wrong about that though. That said, I think they both have positive things to offer.
I didn't need to say another thing :)
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