Just like the Teletubbies I guess

Conservative group targets 'pro-homosexual' SpongeBob video
THEY HAVE MET THE ENEMY -- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON -- On the heels of electoral victories to bar same-sex marriage, some influential conservative Christian groups are turning their attention to a new target: SpongeBob SquarePants.

"Does anybody here know SpongeBob?" James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, asked the guests Tuesday night at a black-tie dinner for members of Congress and political allies to celebrate the election results.

In many circles, SpongeBob needs no introduction. He is popular among children and grownups as well who watch him cavorting under the sea on the Nickelodeon cartoon program that bears his name. In addition, he has become a camp figure among adult gay men, perhaps because he holds hands with his animated sidekick Patrick.

Now, Dobson said, SpongeBob's creators had enlisted him in a "pro-homosexual video," in which he appeared alongside other children's television characters such as Barney and Jimmy Neutron, among many others. The video's makers, he said, planned to mail it to thousands of elementary schools this spring to promote a "tolerance pledge" that includes tolerance for differences of "sexual identity." He urged his allies to stand against it as part of a "spiritual battle" for the country.

The video's creator, Nile Rodgers, who wrote the disco hit "We Are Family," says Dobson's objection stemmed from a misunderstanding. Rodgers said he founded the We Are Family Foundation after the Sept. 11 attacks to create a music video featuring 100 well-known cartoon characters dancing to his song in order to teach children about multiculturalism.

The video has appeared on Nickelodeon and other networks, and nothing in it or its accompanying materials refers to sexual identity. The "tolerance pledge," which was borrowed from the Southern Poverty Law Center, is not mentioned on the video.

Rodgers suggested that Dobson and the American Family Association, the conservative Christian group that first sounded the alarm, might have been confused by an unrelated Web site belonging to another group called "We Are Family." That site is owned by a Charleston, S.C., group that supports gay youth.

Mark Barondeso, general counsel for the We Are Family Foundation, suggested that anyone who says the video promotes homosexuality "needs to visit their doctor and get their medication increased."

Yesterday however, Paul Batura, assistant to Dobson, said Focus on the Family stood by its assertions. "We see the video as an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids," he said.

:spongebo: :roll: :shock:

I knew it.

They just ran the entire video on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Obermann. Dobson, evidently, hasn't even seen the video yet. This is just plain silly.

I like spongebob, but the accusations are werid.... :neutral:

They just ran the entire video on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Obermann. Dobson, evidently, hasn't even seen the video yet. This is just plain silly.

Typical.

The last thing fundimentalists want are facts.

No, it's true...since I have seen one half of an episode of Sponge Bob Squarepants, I suddenly find myself fantasizing about Brad Pitt in lingerie, and skipping to the local Circle K to buy a four pack of wine coolers (bahama breeze is my favourite)...!


What a load of dung...I am sure they were all at the inauguration though.

greg

spongebobs a hero

Greg, :lol:.

I always kinda suspected Patrick, but Spongebob? Geez, it's like Rock Hudson all over again (I imagine)...

Ok, ok... the story here needs to be straightened...

It's not the video or spongebob himself that people are upset about, here guys. I saw part of it, and it's perfectly harmless. The real issue that conservatives are up in arms over is the fact that the company who produced the video also created some literature to give the elemenary schools along with it. This was "guidelines" for for the teachers to use to help the children understand and accept alternate lifestyles.

Not all conservatives are crazy, as many media outlets would have you believe.

by the way, i did happen to be in D.C. this week... :wink: :razz:

Typical.

The last thing fundimentalists want are facts.

lets first get the facts right about the supposed "fundimentalists," shall we? :wink:

Ok, ok... the story here needs to be straightened...
Apparently, the story's not the only thing that needs straightening. :spongebo: :wink:

It's not the video or spongebob himself that people are upset about, here guys.
Paul Batura, assistant to Dobson, said Focus on the Family stood by its assertions. "We see the video as an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids," he said.
The real issue that conservatives are up in arms over is the fact that the company who produced the video also created some literature to give the elemenary schools along with it. This was "guidelines" for for the teachers to use to help the children understand and accept alternate lifestyles.
Tolerance is a personal decision that comes from a belief that every person is a treasure. I believe that America's diversity is its strength. I also recognize that ignorance, insensitivity and bigotry can turn that diversity into a source of prejudice and discrimination.
To help keep diversity a wellspring of strength and make America a better place for all, I pledge to have respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own.
How utterly vile.

Not all conservatives are crazy...
Certainly not. Many of them are just plain evil. :razz: (Many non-conservatives are probably out to lunch, too.)

...as many media outlets would have you believe.
Not Fox News! They'd have me believe all kinds of other zany things!

Not Fox News! They'd have me believe all kinds of other zany things!
For instance: it is perfectly acceptable for an Australian media magnate to adopt the gay lifestyle in order to meet women.

Clem

When you run into a conservative, my advice is to keep your mouth shut and hold onto your wallet tightly !!

The gall of these *^(&()__+'s trying to tell me what is moral and what isn't really fries my fritters !!!!!

And I don't even like S/B squarepants...!!!

They. Are. Idiots. HAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHA (deep breath) haHAhaHAhaHAhaHAha!!!!!! PARANOID IDJITS! HAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAha!!!!!! :madsci:

The gall of these *^(&()__+'s trying to tell me what is moral and what isn't really fries my fritters !!!!!

Come on, Greg, can't you see how that's necessary to protect you from tyranny and keep you free?

You gotta have someone around to blame for the wrath of god.

Remember people: lets try to keep things civil.....

:police:

...evidently, hasn't even seen the video yet. This is just plain silly.what ^he^ said. ~a.f.

Remember people: lets try to keep things civil.....

:police:


It's always civil if its on the "right" side, isn't it, WK ? :smile:

alright wiseguys. i do not care to add anything more to this circus.

this is me returning to threads about actual cephs.

"Circus" !!!! "circus"!!!! Well, if this is a circus, where are the clowns??? Oh, yeah...didn't they just have a big party?

this is me returning to threads about actual cephs.


:squidwar:

I don't know Sir Um...that squid figure looks awfully gay to me...are you sure that it should be visible to the impressionable?

Well, I think he should at least be wearing some pants. Perhaps he can use his chromatophores to hide his shame?

Have a great comeback to that, but it would be considered "unpostable" , I am sure...LOL :lol:

:squidwar:
um...nice one.. 8-)

It's always civil if its on the "right" side, isn't it, WK ?

Just checking the tone of the thread... no need to go about bashing anyone/stepping on toes of people whatever their belief/political structure...there are more approriate places to discuss your gripes.... and thanks to those of you who've already migrated there...

"no need to go about bashing anyone/stepping on toes of people whatever their belief/political structure..."

hmmm...thought that was the entire reason of the thread...in regards to how the moral majority is wrecking reason ???

I think its a chance as Um suggested to examine the effeminate nature of Squidward....

This thread may be asking for a good locking. :cthulhu: knows what I might post here tonight after I've finished with my daily libations.

This thread may be asking for a good locking.

I'd really like to hold off on that if i dont have to, but its always a possibility....

but then again, we dont need another :feet:

LOl...point taken...hey ho, squidward we go !

You know, the ironic thing about all this is that the good Reverend from Colorado Springs is actually quite right, as is Michael Medved! Speaking on behalf of the entire entertainment industry, we actually ARE part of an insidious conspiracy to undermine everything good and decent in the world! We're all in on it together, as well, even those figures who publicly pretend to be conservatives! Brainwashing the impressionable of the World to render them weak for our blind-idiot God Azathoth, and to quote Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, "No man can stop me!!" Buwahhhahahaha!!! :twisted: :cthulhu:

Or maybe, just maybe, it's really only about profits...

So, this is increasingly werid..What's the matter with poeple nowadays!? What wrong with gay poeple?! I mean if they are gay, let them be! I'm not telling poeple it's cool or right to turn gay or something, but if you are, don't change them, if they will change, it will eventually become hetrosexuals, if they won't they they have a right to be what they are. It's not the whole evil, demented thing again. They too are humans! It's like saying that gays have no rights and anything that look, sounds gay should be banned because it might make poeple gay or think that gays are not humans. All this makes me think of something in WWII.

Sorry bout' all that that if you are offended, just my personal opinions,
what we all need is a :coffee: and some :chillpil: s.
Won't be posting on this thread anymore.

It's probably for the best if this thread gets the lock... Head off any possibility for trouble....