Spongebob Will Make You Gay

[Kangy]

Or so certain ultra-conservative Christian groups saw on their gaydar.

U.S. Christians Issue Gay Warning Over Kid Video
By REUTERS

Published: January 20, 2005

Filed at 7:37 p.m. ET

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.

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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.

Nicely highlighting the rationality of homophobes there.

 

[RZAL]

And the Smurfs will make you communist....


Thats hilarious

 

[burner69]

'Crosses a moral line' what an asshole. It's funny, but quite disturbing that sme grown adults can't trust their child to watch a 'be nice to all people' videos without turning homosexual. Surely they could turn Jewish, female, mentally ill if that was raised on the video too.... hmmm

 

[No Limit]

The makers -- the nonprofit We Are Family Foundation -- say the video is designed to encourage tolerance and diversity.

Promoting tolerance and diversity? How f-ckin unamerican of them.

 

[satch919]

I saw that on the news and the whole thing was a misunderstanding. I guess there's a site that is something like "wearefamilies.org" that is a gay, lesbian and transgendered site. Someone messed up and thought that it was the same people that produced the video. A few of the reporters that broke the story have apologized to the Producer of the film.

I really really really dislike religion. Bunch of nutjobs.

 

[burner69]

I really really really dislike religion. Bunch of nutjobs.

Credit to them, most religious folks are nice. A minority try and force their opinion on you, can't accept that you have your own opinion, and try and change laws to suit themselves (I'm looking at you, US).

Most religious types are nice :thumbs:

 

[GiaOmerta]

/me <3's Spongebob

I modeled my own Spongebob in Lightwave and animated him.

 

[bliink]

Christian Conservative groups have issued a gay alert warning over a children's video

GAY ALERT! GAY ALERT! battle stations everyone!

Christian activist groups say the innocent cartoon characters are being exploited to promote the acceptance of homosexuality.

Yeah, lets teach our kids to lynch people who are different! that's worked before!

``A short step beneath the surface reveals that one of the differences being celebrated is homosexuality,'' wrote Ed Vitagliano

OH MY GOD, NO!!111 Ed, thank you so much for getting those nasty homosexuals away! they only mean to hurt me!

I cannot believe such xenophobic, sexist, and ignorant, "christians" (love thy neighbour?) exist.

 

[Pressure]

Just like hard core christians to teach bigotry.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

This is a tiny group of people in California and not representative of all Christians. (I just can kinda see where this is headed ;o)

 

[GiaOmerta]

Come on people. This Ed Vitagliano is probally very similar to certain Comrade Ogilvy except for a the opposite purpose.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

Wow ... where was this ... California?

Why am I not suprised ...

 

[KoreBolteR]

Religion, and religios people are killing the world.

Every one should be like i am

i have no religion, but i celebrate christmas, halloween, easter the same as everyone else.
i believe there is a heaven when you die and all your relatives will be there, i believe in riencarnation.
i not sure there is a god tho, especially a god in human form.no way, lol. anyone agree?

 

[firemachine69]

Homophobes much...

And my old priest actually wonders why I disowned my church... :dozey:

 

[burner69]

Religion, and religios people are killing the world.

Every one should be like i am

i have no religion, but i celebrate christmas, halloween, easter the same as everyone else.
i believe there is a heaven when you die and all your relatives will be there, i believe in riencarnation.
i not sure there is a god tho, especially a god in human form.no way, lol. anyone agree?

HAHA! Take out the bad side, and keep the good side of religion aye? I used to be like you KoreBolteR. Agnostic all the way now baby.

 

[Pericolos0]

these guys are gonna have some explaining to do when they face the man

 

[burner69]

these guys are gonna have some explaining to do when they face the man

Who me? No way. Being agnosic means I acknowledge I can never know for certain whether a God exists, and so I don't bother - but I live my life in a good way, making sure the fun I have dosen't harm others - e.g I take drugs, because it's fun, and dosen't harm others. So if God does exist, when I die I can say - well, I was honest, didn't really believe in you, but didn't rule you out, and was a good lad wasn't I God? Yeah, nice one, which way to the group sex section?

 

[Pericolos0]

haha

i mean the guys spreading intolerance like this

 

[Lemonking]

as soon as I move there im gonna fuggin break there offices down and stick a crowbar in there face
btw dont the people see this is all wrong doesnt the say Bible god loves everyone?

 

[No Limit]

as soon as I move there im gonna fuggin break there offices down and stick a crowbar in there face
btw dont the people see this is all wrong doesnt the say Bible god loves everyone?

In this world it doesn't matter what God thinks, it's about what the guy that is speaking for God thinks.

 

[KoreBolteR]

Who me? No way. Being agnosic means I acknowledge I can never know for certain whether a God exists, and so I don't bother - but I live my life in a good way, making sure the fun I have dosen't harm others - e.g I take drugs, because it's fun, and dosen't harm others. So if God does exist, when I die I can say - well, I was honest, didn't really believe in you, but didn't rule you out, and was a good lad wasn't I God? Yeah, nice one, which way to the group sex section?

excatly ! :cheers:

these guys are gonna have some explaining to do when they face the man

how do you know hes a man???

he could be a lion for all you know.. :|

or a massive cloud of dust witha voice. :rolling:

thats if there is a god.

 

[Korgoth]

Yeah, because as everyone knows, a sponge can be gay, and God wishes us to watch the 700 club... AND NOTHING ELSE!!

 

[K e r b e r o s]

Not all Christians are like this -- and, being a hardcore christian or believer, does'nt put you in such racial and bigitorious ruts like this one is shown here.

Nevertheless, some of you are already red in the face being the aforementioned ["Conservative, and Christian"] the most offensive things you could ever here -- so, not like telling you I'm different ... would make a difference.

 

[gh0st]

*Sniff* Spongebob killed my sister... and raped my cat!

Or maybe the other way around.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

Either way, there's something about ... "pussy" ...

j/k on your joke reference.

 

[Ardoramor]

These groups put me, person who can count on his fingers how many times he went to church, to shame... wonder what it does to other christians :S