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jasondrakeUS Right Attacks SpongeBob Video
Author: BBC Source: BBC
US conservative groups are up in arms over a music video featuring children's TV heroes such as the cheerful cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Focus on the Family and other groups say the video - a remake of the Sister Sledge hit, We Are Family - is a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda.
The video's makers plan to mail it to US schools in the spring to promote tolerance and diversity.
The video also features children's favourites like Bob the Builder, along with characters from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.
But James Dobson, founder of right-wing Christian group Focus on the Family, singled out SpongeBob at a black-tie dinner in Washington in the run-up to President Bush's inauguration, the New York Times said.
SpongeBob - who appears on the children's cable channel Nickelodeon - is seen as an icon for adult gay men in the US, apparently because he regularly holds hands with his sidekick Patrick.
link to full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4190699.stm
Author: BBC Source: BBC
US conservative groups are up in arms over a music video featuring children's TV heroes such as the cheerful cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Focus on the Family and other groups say the video - a remake of the Sister Sledge hit, We Are Family - is a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda.
The video's makers plan to mail it to US schools in the spring to promote tolerance and diversity.
The video also features children's favourites like Bob the Builder, along with characters from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.
But James Dobson, founder of right-wing Christian group Focus on the Family, singled out SpongeBob at a black-tie dinner in Washington in the run-up to President Bush's inauguration, the New York Times said.
SpongeBob - who appears on the children's cable channel Nickelodeon - is seen as an icon for adult gay men in the US, apparently because he regularly holds hands with his sidekick Patrick.
link to full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4190699.stm
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Date: 2005-01-20 01:36 pm (UTC)Oh man, oh man. Okay, just for my information, if you touch another of your sex in anyway, be it on the hand, hugging, or grasping the shoulder, particularly if you are a cartoon character, you may contract the gay?
I think we have more important issues to worry about than the sexuality of a fictional character, but maybe that's just me.
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Date: 2005-01-20 07:15 pm (UTC)SpongeBob Attack
Date: 2005-01-21 06:55 pm (UTC)