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catscradle Jan. 21st, 2005 01:22 pm)
catscradle Jan. 21st, 2005 01:22 pm)From CNN:Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video
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 are popular with gays. His creator, Stephen Hillenburg, said at the time that though SpongeBob was an oddball, he thought of all the characters in the show as asexual.
It is not the first time that children's TV favorites have come under the critical spotlight of the Christian right. In 1999, the Rev. Jerry Falwell described Tinky Winky, the purse-toting purple Teletubbie, as a gay role model.
CNN Quick Vote
SpongeBob SquarePants is:
Promoting the acceptance of homosexuality - 10% 12969 votes
Promoting tolerance and diversity - 17% 21370 votes
Absorbent, yellow and porous - 72% 89322 votes
Total: 123661 votes
Yeah, I'm getting back to the thesis...
[Edit: If I were more ambitions I'd superimpose SpongeBob on the Angel Tossing icon. Try to image it for your religious intolerance pleasure.]
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 are popular with gays. His creator, Stephen Hillenburg, said at the time that though SpongeBob was an oddball, he thought of all the characters in the show as asexual.
It is not the first time that children's TV favorites have come under the critical spotlight of the Christian right. In 1999, the Rev. Jerry Falwell described Tinky Winky, the purse-toting purple Teletubbie, as a gay role model.
CNN Quick Vote
SpongeBob SquarePants is:
Promoting the acceptance of homosexuality - 10% 12969 votes
Promoting tolerance and diversity - 17% 21370 votes
Absorbent, yellow and porous - 72% 89322 votes
Total: 123661 votes
Yeah, I'm getting back to the thesis...
[Edit: If I were more ambitions I'd superimpose SpongeBob on the Angel Tossing icon. Try to image it for your religious intolerance pleasure.]
