Friday, January 21, 2005

Christian Right Goes After New Menace...

This was just pointed out to me:
Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian groups accuse the makers of a video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and a host of other cartoon characters of promoting homosexuality to children.

"...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.
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."

Talk about a buncha people with nothing better to do...
How bout taking that Christian goodwill and focusing on vicitms of the California mudslides or families whose loved ones are in Iraq? How bout a food and coat drive to take care of our nation's homeless during this very cold winter season? How about setting up groups to tutor disadvantaged children in our inner cities and rural towns?

If you wanna do something good for our country, then why don't you try doing something that'll actually help people, instead of spewing hate and tackling fictitious cartoon characters?

Some people just don't get it and never will.

"I didn't know sponges could love let alone love other "same sex" sponges..." - Ray Khuo


1 Comments:

At 4:50 PM, Blogger Melissa said...

According to the article, the cartoon didn't say anything about sexuality. It was the website of the foundation that created the cartoon. In which case, this whole controversy is ridiculous; however, I'm not positive so I'll look into it.

 

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