The Demonization of SpongeBob
These people are just bonkers ! Where will this type of maddness end :-\
Sponge Bob, Barney promote 'gay' tolerance
61,000 schools to receive "We Are Family" video with lesson plan
2005 WorldNetDaily.com
(boldface and color by me)
In a new video to be distributed to 61,000 schools across the nation, homosexual activists are using popular children's TV characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Barney the dinosaur to surreptitiously indoctrinate young children into their lifestyle, a pro-family activist group charges.
Based on the 1970s hit song "We Are Family," the video will be distributed to public and private elementary schools nationwide March 11, along with lesson plans for teachers, points out the .
The distribution, sponsored by FedEx, will coincide with the video's broadcast March 11 on Nickelodeon, PBS, and the Disney Channel in celebration of the proposed National We Are Family Day.
AFA researcher Ed Vitagliano sees the project as an "open door" to a secondary discussion of homosexuality, noting the the foundation has a "tolerance pledge" on it's that children and others are encouraged to sign, which includes sexual orientation.
"While we want everyone to respect other people's beliefs, we do not consider it appropriate for children's television to be used in an effort to indoctrinate children to accept homosexuality," he said.
Vitagliano says the foundation is employing a bait-and-switch approach, with popular children's figures such as Arthur, Dora the Explorer, JoJo, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Big Bird and Bob the Builder.
The objective is to get children to the foundation's website "and there they're given the full pitch about homosexuality," he said.
Video producer Christopher Cerf called the video an "unprecedented event."
"For the first time characters from all of the important kids shows came together to appear in the same video," he said in a November news release. "The producers and performers from each show embraced the spirit and message of this project."
The We Are Family Foundation was founded by singer-songwriter Nile Rodgers, who wrote the hit song recorded in 1979 by Sister Sledge.
The video was financed by a grant from the Toni Mendez Shapiro estate.
"Cooperation and unity are the most important values we can teach children," Rodgers said. "We believe that this is the essential first step to loving thy neighbor."
The We Are Family Foundation says its partners in the production are the Anti-Defamation League, Crown Theatres, Disney Channel, FedEx, Nickelodeon, HIT Entertainment, Nile Rodgers/Sony Publishing/The Bernard Edwards Estate/Warner Chapel, Nelvana, PBS, Scholastic, Sesame Workshop, Toni Mendez Shapiro Estate, and WGBH-TV in Boston.
A Federal Express spokesman said the company is "proud" to provide shipping for the project.
"Promoting diversity is part of our corporate culture at FedEx," said William G. Margaritis, senior vice president, worldwide corporate communications.
Characters appearing in the video are from award-winning shows including "Arthur," "Barney," "Bear in the Big Blue House," "Between the Lions," "Blue's Clues, Bob the Builder," "The Book of Pooh," "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Dora the Explorer," "Jimmy Neutron," "JoJo's Circus," "Kim Possible," "Lilo and Stitch: The Series," "Little Mermaid," "Madeline," "The Magic School Bus," "The Muppet Show," "The Proud Family," "Rugrats," "Sesame Street," "SpongeBob SquarePants," and "Zoom."
The video also features cameo appearances by entertainers Bill Cosby, Diana Ross and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Funny how these organizations never see themselves as indoctrinating hate.
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Did it not also occur to them that a talking sponge is clearly a sign of demonic possession!?
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This pro-family activist group has way too much time on their hands. Remember the controversy over the Teletubbies awhile back? I highly doubt that kids are thinking about homosexuality while they're watching their cartoons. I know when I was young and I watched Sesame Street, I never thought of Bert and Ernie as being gay, and then many years later, I heard rumors that they were. It never crossed my mind as a little kid that they were gay, and I don't give a shit if they are gay or not.
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Aw, let them say dopey things like that. Shows how silly they are. Kids probably find gay cartoons less scary than terrorists, a crazy President, or the monster under the bed ; P
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I think it's ridiculous. It's been all over the news and other various TV shows. Those idiots need to take it for what it is, a fun show for kids (and some adults too). My daughter loves Spongebob (although I can't get into the show myself), and it keeps her quite entertained.
Is there anything at all that people won't pick apart and look for some "evil" hidden meaning?
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I'm amazed no one went nuts on Bert and Ernie.
Re: The Demonization of SpongeBob
there is a good discussion of this also going on in the political section if anyone is interested.