NYT: Conservatives Pick Soft Target: A Cartoon Sponge (Bob SquarePants)

[DeepModem Mom]

Conservatives Pick Soft Target: A Cartoon Sponge
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Published: January 20, 2005


WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - On the heels of electoral victories barring same-sex marriage, some influential conservative Christian groups are turning their attention to a new target: the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

"Does anybody here know SpongeBob?" Dr. James C. Dobson, the 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.

SpongeBob needed no introduction. In addition to his popularity among children, who watch his cartoon show, he has become a well-known camp figure among adult gay men, perhaps because he holds hands with his animated sidekick Patrick and likes to watch the imaginary television show "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy."

Now, Dr. Dobson said, SpongeBob's creators had enlisted him in a "pro-homosexual video," in which he appeared alongside children's television colleagues like Barney and Jimmy Neutron, among many others. The makers of the video, he said, planned to mail it to thousands of elementary schools to promote a "tolerance pledge" that includes tolerance for differences of "sexual identity."

The video's creator, Nile Rodgers, who wrote the disco hit "We Are Family," said Mr. Dobson's objection stemmed from a misunderstanding. Mr. Rodgers said he founded the We Are Family Foundation after the Sept. 11 attacks to create a music video to teach children about multiculturalism. The video has appeared on television networks, and nothing in it or its accompanying materials refers to sexual identity. The pledge, borrowed from the Southern Poverty Law Center, is not mentioned on the video and is available only on the group's Web site....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20sponge.html

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. May Dobson choke on his own bile

Child-hating, woman-hating, homophobic pathetic pissant.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Sing it, DBE!

[bunkerbuster1]

40. And the subject of an ADORING NPR profile

earlier this week, on All Things Considered.

I've always contributed to my local NPR affiliate, but I'm very close to dropping them, after hearing that disgusting piece.

(I'll probably continue to support them, but my check will be with a very detailed description of the alarming rightward turn their syndicated programs have taken of late, come Spring's pledge drive.)

[ikojo]

45. Don't continue contributing to

NPR...if you write a letter but yet enclose a check all they will care about is the check and its size. Instead, during this Spring's beg for money drive, send them a letter with an explanation that you have chosen to donate to a community radio station (in St Louis the local community radio station, KDHX, airs Democracy Now! and is more worthy of money than NPR). Even if you don't have a local community radio station, donate to any Pacifica station. They stream over the Internet and have many fine programs that take a truly critical view of this current (mis)administration.

[bunkerbuster1]

55. I'll consider that advice. BTW, i first contributed to Pacifica

when I was in my mid-teens, in the 70s. WBAI-FM, NYC.

I can still remember their pledgeline's phone number, too. gawd, if I could only remember the stuff I'm supposed to recall on a nanosecond's notice... but I digress.

[Kali]

160. YES! donate to community radio/PACIFICA

In southern Arizona it is KXCI 91.3 FM Tucson, kxci.org, 520-623-1000. They are doing a pledge drive RIGHT NOW. (and become a member so you can vote in upcoming elections. - I am running for a seat on the board - vote for ME!)

[Voltaire99]

167. AGREED! Not one penny more to right wing NPR.

Their era has come and gone. Today, you're supporting Bushism by underwriting the CPB.

It's easy. Want to help open-minded radio? Give to a good local non-NPR affiliate. Or simply give to Pacifica instead.

Looking for a good NPR alternative to listen to for radio news? DemocracyNow.org is far better in several respects: perspective, acumen, historical awareness, independence of thought. You can also download the daily show in mp3 form--load it up on your iPod for the commute. :-)

[cannabis_flower]

106. Perhaps instead of giving to NPR ...

if you are in or near Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York you can send your money to a Pacifica (http://www.pacifica.org) Station instead. They are entirely listener sponsored and you won't be disappointed. If you are not in those areas I would encourage you to listen to http://www.kpft.org - 90.1 in Houston, Texas to hear Flashpoints, Democracy Now, Cultural Baggage and many other great progressive radio programs sponsored by the great progressive listeners.

[bunkerbuster1]

131. I've given to pacifica in the past. might again.

I've supported listener sponsored radio for ages. Longtime sponsor of my old NJ hangout, available online at http://www.wfmu.org -- and I'd once sponsored NYC's WBAI.

But here in MetroLanta, it's a different set of stations. The NPR affiliate is almost a lone voice of reasonably objective news. (Yes, we have an AA affiliate, but it's a very weak station and only reachable intermittantly.) However, there are some pretty good, powerful college stations, so at least there's a decent music mix.

[crispini]

184. WTF? Which show was it? Is it available on the web?

I need to hear this.

[bunkerbuster1]

204. here's a link

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4457286

[Anakin Skywalker]

145. "Doctor" James Dobson

is an @$$hole. Can you say @$$hole?

[pokercat999]

175. My best guess is

Dobson is a closet homosexual that hates his-self because he considers his homosexuality a sin......just a guess

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. So... SpongeBob is gay, too?

WTF is wrong with these nutjobs? Is there not something totally fucked up about somebody who would get their panties in a wad about the possibility that a *cartoon character* could have homeosexual tendencies? What kind of freakin' perv would lie awake nights imagining all that hot sponge-on-starfish action?

[DeepModem Mom]

4. "Sponge-on-starfish action" -- LOL!

[radfringe]

15. well, Patrick is a male character and is Pink

that must prove it!

Plus Sponge-Bob doesn't have a girlfriend and he hangs out with Patrick all the time....

ummmm..wonder why they aren't upset about Porky Pig? He doesn't wear pants -- just a shirt or jacket -- isn't this peddeling porn to kids?

[trogdor]

57. What about the squirrel in the diving suit?

[Buns_of_Fire]

79. You mean Sandy CHEEKS?

(That's her last name, you know.) Tsk. Obvious attempts to foul our Precious Bodily Fluids with off-color references that are going to curve our spine, fry our brains, and lose the war for the allies.

But, you see, Sandy is (if you've listened to her) apparently Texan (or at least southern, as in the episode where she's hibernating and constantly refers to herself "gittin' Dirty Dan"), and lives in a bubble since she wouldn't survive outside in the natural local elements -- so perhaps she represents dubya to the citizens of Bikini Bottom (that name! ANOTHER attempt to inject sexual overtones into our national Purity of Essense!).

Or maybe her overt expressions of her prowess at karate, and other MANLY-MAN pastimes, are intended to surreptitiously convey that Sandy is, in fact, lesbian? (And we certainly won't go into the revealing bathing suit she wears while safely in her "bubble"!)

Or maybe it's the attempt to "slip" MermaidMan under the radar by having his voice done by Ernest Borgnine (of all people -- do you think he knows his voice is being used to advance the Gay Agenda?).

And who is this "Mr. Lawrence" who is credited as having co-written several SpongeBob episodes? Everyone ELSE has a first name (except Mr. Krab, who I'm starting to wonder about). What's the deal with this "Mr." not having a first name?

I would assume that the good people at Liberty University, Bob Jones University, and Oral Roberts University are looking VERY CLOSELY into this subversion of Murkan youth.

Or maybe Dr. Dobson is kind of a nut case. :shrug:

[trogdor]

112. LOL!!!!!

[MisterP]

130. AND Charles Nelson Reilly

[pschoeb]

41. Sponges are asexual, star fish are asexual

It's really the hidden nefarious asexual agenda that's being promoted, in one episode of spongebob he actually produces Gemmmules of himself. Now kids are going to want to practice this degenerate from of reproduction! ;) (sarcasm)

[MaraJade]

128. LOL! You have to remember that when we are dealing with

these types of conservative so-called "pro-family" groups, we are
dealing with morons--and I mean that literally. They are too stupid to realize that not only are these creatures asexual, but THEY'RE CARTOONS.

What they actually fear is that someone or something will undo all of their careful brainwashing of their kids so that they believe that
hatred and intolerance are family values. Morons, I say!

What a tempest in a teacup.

[foo_bar]

161. starfish aren't asexual

http://www.vsf.cape.com/~jdale/science/reproduction.htm

Male and female starfish are not distinguishable from the outside; you need to see the gonads or be lucky enough to catch them spawning.

Lucky if you're an invertebrate voyeur. Starfish are capable of asexual reproduction, but they aren't asexual per se on account of the gonads. Just wanted to set the record straight on this issue of burning importance to our divided nation.

[Reverend Smoothfield]

189. well, my starfish is asexual

i use it purely for defecation. call me old-fashioned.

[kostya]

191. Do you mean my sponge may be reproducing as I write under

the kitchen sink? Yikes! OTOH, that would save a few pennies. LOL. - K

[illini]

77. MMMMMMM Hot Sponge on Starfish action

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sakabatou]

90. Same thing happened in the late 90s

when a certain japanese tlevision program was deemed deomonic by some pastors.

[trogdor]

113. Yeah, but...

...Pikachu really is evil.

[Anakin Skywalker]

151. You Talking Dragon Ball Z?

Or that card game craze Yu-gi-oh? *I'm young enough to know those. Heh heh*

[sakabatou]

199. Fox destoyed the the first 3 seasons of DBZ up to the end

of the frieza saga. Yu-gi-oh is fine... but the cussing and blood was edited, as well as weapons.

[Clark2008]

142. Exactly!

WTF do these wingnuts want?!

Spongebob, if I were to attach REAL human characteristics to a CARTOON, is a hard-working, helpful employee, a loyal friend and a caring and concerned neighbor. Isn't that what Christians SHOULD be doing?

Geez... his sexual orientation has NEVER entered my mind - nor the mind of my 5-year-old (DUH!).

This is a bunch of craziness!

It's like the purple Telly-Tubbie. There was a myriad of reasons I wouldn't let my child watch that show (their lack of language abilities being the main reason. I wanted my son NOT to speak gibberish), but the purple Telly-Tubbie being maybe "gay" wasn't one of them!

[bunkerbuster1]

205. Guys like that can't go for an hour without thinking: "GAY SEX!"

I'm totally pro-gay rights, and I can go weeks without such thoughts crossing my mind. But to these 'phobes, it's got to prey on their screwed-up psyches constantly.

[Redneck Socialist]

5. OMG...

this is right up there with attacking The Teletubies because Tinky-Winky carried a hand bag. "OMG! A hand bag! He must be gay! They're trying to convert our children!"

Allow me to say :wtf:

On edit: It's late, I can't type.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Tinky-Winky was also lavender, as I recall. That's a dead giveaway.

And Dobson's gaydar must have pinged pretty loud when SpongeBob turned up. After all, he lives in a pineapple under the sea -- AND he's absorbent and yellow and porous, too. So he definitely must be gay.

[Redneck Socialist]

9. Of course

how could I forget. It's definitely the lavender, and well, pineapples that's just a dead giveaway. :crazy:

On edit again: It's still late, and I still can't type.

[Cooley Hurd]

27. There's a little-known gay porn clip of Spongebob and Tinky-Winky...

...and Patrick is off-frame, watching and pleasuring himself.:evilgrin:

[geniph]

100. I think Dobson and Fartwell know about that porn clip...

they watch it obsessively!

Get OVER yourselves, you bucket-brained, Bible-thumping, anal-sex-obsessing, WEIRDO sunsubeeches! They're IMAGINARY! They're CARTOONS!

Two-step program for exorcising unhealthy obsessions with cartoon characters' sexual orientation, identities, or practices:

1. Get over it.

2. Stay over it.

[6th Borough]

28. I'm absorbent and porous, but, of course...

how else would I put the lotion on my skin?

/please, no hose...
:P

[ck4829]

96. That was Jerry Falwell

He did go after the Teletubbies

[Pretty_in_CodePink]

34. But no self respecting purple gay guy would carry a red hand bag

As one gay friend put it.

[HockeyMom]

144. Handbag?

The father of one of my daughter's friends (married 25 years, 3 kids) not only carried a handbag, he even had an EARRING. LOL HEAVEN FORBID.

[SoCalDem]

6. Spongebob & TinkyWinky are an "item"

Just ask Falwell ..He's got the details :)

[ET Awful]

17. Well yeah, he's the third in their cartoon a tois :)

[UL_Approved]

7. Anything to stem the tide of tolerance

I do have to admit that I find some interesting innuendo in that cartoon, but I have to also say that the idea of quelling tolerance is just bullshit. Do these guys WANT to deal with getting the most popular cartoon today pulled off the shelves? Do they want to fight the cash cow?

In my experience, this supposed messaging that is turning our kids gay is not something I could even pick up on until I got to be about 16 years old. Maybe I'm an innocent, but I just think that people make their own choices.

[NVMojo]

10. these dumb fecks need to go to Iraq and find a real cause ...

[pinniped]

11. Patrick the Starfish is pink, so we all where...

he's headed.:eyes:

[lapfog_1]

12. Heavens to Murgatroid

You mean there are characters on children's cartoons who
MIGHT exhibit some "gay" behaviors! Egaads!

Course, watching "Snaglepuss" on Yogi Bear cartoons (and before
that on Quick Draw McDraw) was just part of the "gay agenda on
America"... if ONLY Dobson had complained to Hanna-Barbera back
in the early sixties! (heavy sarcasm)

On that note... "Exit... Stage Left! Already"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Not to mention Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd

and the obvious homoerotic overtones of that relationship.

[IntravenousDemilo]

102. Ever since I first heard his tired, tired voice...

I've thought that Joe Lieberman sounds a lot like Snagglepuss. Am I the only one?

[Patiod]

139. I've always said that

to the point where it's distracting...

[Anakin Skywalker]

149. Don't You Know? Joe Lieberman is

really Emperor Palpatine! You heard it here first, pal! :)

[ticapnews]

14. One of my favorite TV soliloquies...

"No, I know I'm alone on this. I know the vast majority of people consider Jerry Falwell a spiritual pillar of great and gentle wisdom. I know that most people consider him a scholarly and tolerant man who would never judge others harshly just because they were different. I know that most people find his calm leadership to be a gentle soothing beacon in a time of great social chaos. His guidance, for instance, on the great purple Tellytubby matter, was fraught with the kind of theological sophistication that only Jerry Falwell and a cafeteria full of sixth graders could devise. I know I'm going way out on a limb, but I think Jerry Falwell's a fat-ass. Who did I just offend? I'm eager to talk to them. I've got a typewriter and I'll use it as I see fit."

Casey McCall on Sports Night.

I wonder if these people watch old Warner cartoons and think Bugs Bunny is gay or otherwise "messed up" because he dresses up like a woman to get to Elmer. "What's Opera, Doc?" is a classic, but people like these probably want it banned because Bugs dresses up as Brunhilde.

With all the problems in the world, THIS is what these people find time to bitch about?

[Calliope]

25. And I thought

that I was the only one who remembers Sports Night.

[msanthrope]

37. No--you are not--I adored that show, and lamented

it's demise....

[knitter4democracy]

43. Us too

My husband and I loved that show, but apparently, that's what it takes to kill a show--for us to like it. We're in the right demographics, but we never seem to like the right shows. Like my personal favorite, Wonderfalls, all the good ones have to get cancelled.

Btw, "Dr." James Dobson, Ph.D (not MD, even though he never corrects anyone on that), is a total jerk. He's messed up millions of kids all over this country--I went to college with a lot of them. Trust me: he's worse than any of the others. We need to fight him!

[trogdor]

59. So, if I were to go back and get a doctorate in computer science...

...I could go on TV talking smack about people's sex lives?

[knitter4democracy]

136. Pretty much

I was listening to his show one time (to see why my MIL raved about him), and he was advocating spanking for defiance issues. I can tell you from experience it doesn't work--add to the problem, actually. Now, I knew from someone's class report in a college class that his doctorate was really in sociology, and when a woman caller thanked him for being a "good, Christian doctor helping everybody," I was curious to see what his answer would be. He never corrected her. Not even a bit. He even paused a second or two before going on, so he had time to say something like, "My degree is in sociology, Madam, not medicine, but I'm glad to have helped." Nope.

He's such a jerk.

[jmowreader]

104. A LOT of fundie preachers call themselves Doctor

[Anakin Skywalker]

147. Doctors with Degrees in

B.S.! :)

[jmowreader]

157. The official name of the degree is usually "Doctor of Divinity"

This, of course, because "Doctor of Apocalyptic Fantasy" doesn't sound like something that's worth $80,000 to obtain.

[BrklynLiberal]

84. That was one of the best shows ever!!!!

[Daisey Mae]

16. Toooooo Funny !

These people are nutty.....And if Sponge Bob Square Pants is gay He can keep company with Tinky Winky...... I guess that they flushed him out because he is a sponge... or is it the square pants.....?

[TroglodyteScholar]

18. Leave it to a Republican.....

...to feel threatened by this:




Ridiculous

[DeepModem Mom]

19. LOL!

[drhilarius]

22. HA! "Headline: Spongebob leaves Bikini Bottom;...

Republicans stress need for tougher underwater defensive strategies."

[salin]

20. Reminds me of Falwells attack on the Tellytubbies

oh my... fear tinkie winkie!

Would guess that this will be viewed as just as silly.

[booksenkatz]

21. Right wingers prefer loofahs to sponges, dontcha know

Between the Spongebob hysteria and the pixel'd-out bottom on the Fox cartoon (a cartoon bottom, Kee-rist Almighty), I think I'm going to have to rip off my own head just to stop the pain of all the insanity. These people are beyond anything I've ever seen, smelled or tasted. Why do some elements in my party want to compromise with, or reach out to, or understand, or change my party for, such shit flecks, I ask you?

[ashmanonar]

120. they've shown some pretty raunchy stuff on comedy central

mostly what i'm thinking of is crank yankers, where they've actually shown puppet genitalia...and i honestly think that fundies are crazy, they don't say a word about crank yankers, but they'll proclaim that a cartoon character is a gay agenda.

[Calliope]

23. And what is the relationship

between Yogi and Boo-Boo?

The sad thing is - people listen to this guy.

[DeepModem Mom]

26. Sadly, some do, indeed, Calliope -- welcome to DU!

[FizzFuzz]

50. I've always suspected those two of complicity in the NAMBLA agenda.

Gonna notify the media right now.

:/sarcasm:

[The Zanti Regent]

24. Dobson, do us a favor and come out of the closet!

If this isn't the action of a closet queen, I don't know what is...

[sui generis]

38. the core defining issue of his personality is anti-homosexuality

there is definitely a serious problem up there between his ears.

[ashmanonar]

121. what, isn't it normal for there to be an empty space

between the ears? and usually a little sign saying "for rent"?

[Anakin Skywalker]

152. He's got problems down there

between his butt cheeks too. :)

[sarcasmo]

29. The Religious nuts new Tinky Winky.

These people are just freaking crazy. It makes me proud to be an Atheist. Just because Sponge Bob decides to cross-dress once in awhile and hold Patrick's hand he is a bad influence. Whack job alert, Whack job alert.

[jamesinca]

30. Lets see, first it was the Tele tubbies

Now it is Sponge Bob. Those ambiguously gay childrens shows, what is the world coming to. It is a good thing parents like me only let my children watch wholesome content like the Simpsons, or the OC, or Malcolm in the Middle. I am glad that Mr. Dobson is looking out for me and my values, I can't stand it when my children are tolerant.

In all seriousness, Mr. Rodgers this did not stem from a misunderstanding. This is the point and purpose of his assault on you and your cartoon. Mr. Dobson hates tolerance and anything that has to do with it so you are going to be persecuted by him and his ilk. They are trying to impose their Christian, southern values on you. I hate Abraham Lincoln more everyday, if he just let the south leave back in the 1860's imagine how nice the country would be.

[bklyncowgirl]

46. No first it was Bert and Ernie nt

[stevedeshazer]

82. Before that, it was Peppermint Patty n/t

[trogdor]

114. I thought Chris Rock was the one who outed her.

[livinginphotographs]

31. I love when they do stuff like this.

Even a right-winger with just an ounce of reason still left in them will roll their eyes at this.

Wild-eyed fundies make it too easy for us.

[VirginiaDem]

33. Yup--it's the inevitable conservative overstretch...

They view life in black and white so compromise is impossible. Their power and control are very high but much lower than they presume so they will overreach for the next four years and the next Republican nominee will be forced to go along with it because social conservatives now own the party. Either the Republican establishment will get Giuliani, Schwarzenegger or McCain nominated and social conservatives will run a third-party candidate or they will nominate an unelectable right-wing nutjob who will be unelectable because of the next four years of overreach.

I guy can dream...

[Redstone]

32. I need to go throw holy water on my television!

First the purple prevert, Stinky Pinky or whatever his name was, now that yellow faggy thing SpurgeBub Squirrel Pants.

Oh no, too late! My son is raiding my wife's undie drawer! They got him!

Woe is me, it's the end of the world! Where, oh where, will it ever end?

Redstone

[knitter4democracy]

44. Actually, Dobson wouldn't advocate holy water

He's an evangelical, so he would tell you to lay hands on the tv and pray hard. ;)

[meow2u3]

78. I'd advocate sprinkling holy water on Dobson

I'd just love to listen to the sizzle while his flesh is burning from it. </obligatory sarcasm>

[realisticphish]

86. in my role as a joke-pisser-oner

I'd like to point out that "evangelical" does not mean faith-healing, or fundamentalist. All evangelical means is working to spread the word of God (whatever your opinions may be on that). sorry for the nerdy-education interjection. we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[knitter4democracy]

137. He's Nazarene, and I used to be

The Church of the Nazarene does believe in faith-healing (usually in a more controlled atmosphere and part of a larger service), but they don't believe in holy water, per se. They are evangelical Christians in the Wesleyan tradition, if that helps.

[realisticphish]

143. well

i'm ELCA, evangelical lutheran church of america, and we CERTAINLY dont do faith healing, or stuff like that. thats all im saying

no big whoop


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[knitter4democracy]

179. Oh, well, that explains it. : )

The Nazarenes are a little further to the right on that kind of stuff. They used to be known as Holy Rollers (you know, running the aisles, waving the hankies, stuff like that), but they've stopped most of that in the last twenty years or so. They still do faith healings, though.

[realisticphish]

183. theres a church of the nazarene close to us

one girl i know keeps telling me that i need to go there, to accept jesus; i say, "um, i already do, in my own way." but she keeps bitching, and saying that ill go to hell unless i go to her church :eyes:

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[knitter4democracy]

195. Wow. That's not even right by their standards.

Tell her to check through the Ten Articles of Faith in the Manual (basically the Nicene Creed taken apart)--they don't say that you have to be Nazarene to go to heaven, and tell her I said so. :) She's not going to want to pick a theological fight with me--I went to the Naz! LOL!!!

[realisticphish]

203. lol

i'll let her know :)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Anakin Skywalker]

148. Maybe Just Slap the TV Off its Stand?

Well, it would be possible if you hadn't gone all suburban and got that 60 widescreen inch model. :)

[cmd]

35. Parents: NEVER hold your child's hand in public!

WARNING!
It would be better to let your child run out into traffic than suffer the possible consequence that he/she may become a homosexual because you held his/her hand!

[OKthatsIT]

36. My Daugther is an AVID FAN.....she's up in arms now!

What doughbrains....

She's been adopting wolves, tigers, snowy owls with her own money at the Wildlife Defense Org. $Hundreds of dollars for their habitats!

All these people are doing are making her hate all of them...she's been raised Christian so far...and now she questions ALL christians who dont have a devotion to love and caring for the all living things, including Iraqis and Iranians.

She's only 10 yrs old and, she was born on the 4th of July.

[ashmanonar]

119. wow, that's awesome that she's donating for the animals.

i don't particularly like spongebob myself, (not my brand of humor or show) but saying that it's a gay agenda just crazy. in all honesty, spongebob is just a moneymaker for whoever owns it...so while i may question the point of the show, i wouldn't automatically attach an agenda to it.

but then, the fundies aren't known to be logical or rational.

[quaoar]

39. AOL is running a poll on this

Do you think SpongeBob SquarePants is appropriate for children?

Yes 78%
No 14%
Undecided 8%

Total Votes: 7,590

[Bethany Rockafella]

42. I knew it!

SpongeBob and Patrick are lovers!!!:-)

[atommom]

47. But what about SpongeBob's crush on Sandy the squirrel?

Does that mean he swings both ways? The horror!

I can't understand where people find the time to get worked up about things like this.... :shrug:

[Chico Man]

52. Beat me to it..

My first thought.. exactly.. I've (think) I've seen more underhand sexual references during interactions between Sandy and Spongebob than I have between Patrick and Spongebob..

[marc_the_dem]

58. Sandy is a

tranny

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

64. I knew it...

And doesn't Mr. Crabs' moustache seem a little, oh how shall I put it, French to anybody?

[ktowntennesseedem]

70. I'm so shocked!!! Sandy was hot!!!

I'm so embarrassed!!!!!!

[atommom]

73. Are you sure? She's so feminine!

[leesa]

48. Good. Let them display their foolishness.

[underpants]

49. They are using the fake "gay" thing-they really object to "community"

I hear it all the time on RW talk radio. See they had miserable unloving fathers who were cruel to them to teach them about life (the father's life) and/or to beat them into thinking a certain way*. The "gay" thing is just a marketing device to get everyone who already agrees with them to read what they have to say. It really is about not loving your fellow man and they don't want people to get along-anger and fear are the top of their product line.











*there was a 3 day rage fest on Hannity several months ago having to do with some opinions expressed by an 18 year old girl from Montana. She had some pretty way left ideas and after she spent most of one show on the phone with Hannity the next day he had her father on and berated the guy for allowing his daughter to have these ideals. The father just said ~"Hey she has to figure these things out by herself. At least she has an opinion and is well read on it". The rest of that show and the next day were callers (mostly men) testifying to how horribly their father treated them and what it taught them about the world and people in general (nice huh?) AND how horrible the father was for not BEATING the RIGHT ideals into her. ----I'm not joking it really was that bad.

[atommom]

116. Eesh. I guess Lakoff really is onto something with his "strict father"

analogy. Do I owe my progressive values to having nice parents? :)

[Chico Man]

51. I though Spongebob and Sandy the Squirrel had something going on..

Maybe he is bisexual?

A sponge, starfish, and a squirrel... kinky :)

[realisticphish]

87. one HELL of a bachelor party nt

[MnFats]

91. then there was the OBVIOUS S&M relationship: Road Runner...

...and Wile E. Coyote.
...very hard-core kink.

[CoffeeCat]

53. Oh the horrors!

Last night, before bed, I read my two children, "Hands Off!". This SpongeBob book details Sponge Bob's obsession with his new toy...a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy BUBBLE BLOWER.

Last week, we watched a SpongeBob episode in which Patrick and Spongebob discover Sandy the Squirrel hibernating. To keep warm, Sponge Bob and Patrick remove sleeping-Sandy's fur, "This mustache and goatee combo works like a charm!"

I'm wondering--how do I surrender myself to authorities?

Do I dial 911 or do I turn myself into social services?

[atommom]

81. We have "Hands Off!" too, and also one in which SpongeBob

dons an Easter bunny costume. Guess my children are doomed.... :D

[blackspade]

54. why in the hell is this news?

I mean how does this rate at all?
We have thousands of people dieing in Iraq.
Millions of poor in this country.
Environmental disaster.
crazy deficits.
the list goes on....
And the MSM is making a news story out of that bastard Dobson and his opinion about Spongbob?

What a bunch of tools.

[marc_the_dem]

56. hmmmm

I didn't see SpongeBob as gay until Dobson brought it up... Thanks asshole!

[etherealtruth]

60. I can't believe my first post is related to SpongeBob...

I would find Dobson's ignorance hysterical if not for the millions of like minded slack-jaws that have the right to vote.
I hate to give Dobson more fuel against Sponge Bob, but my eight year old found it interesting that he focused on the same sex aspect vs. the interspecial aspect. Does this mean bestiality is OK with Dobson?

[underpants]

61. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[geniph]

103. Good catch, ethereal truth!

It's okay to have starfish and sponges getting it on, so long as they're not the SAME SEX!!! The horror, the horror!

(I hate to break it to this biology-impaired Bible-thumping dimwit, but neither sponges nor starfish CAN have sexual orientations. They're asexual, for the love of Darwin!)

[Laurab]

168. "Bestiality is OK with Dobson"

Now THAT'S a headline!

[Cocoa]

62. Bush is abandoning the gay marriage amendment

I was wondering how Dobson, etc., were going to placate their bigot followers, distract them from Bush's betrayal.

Now we know their plan, turn their attention on Spongebob Squarepants. I think the tactic will work, bigotry goes hand in hand with stupidity.

[CoffeeCat]

63. Hilarious that Bush is abanonding the gm amendment...

There are two things the fundies seem to want: The Con Amendment banning gay marriage and activist pro-life judges.

Bush has all ready dumped one thing on their wish list.

I think it's hysterical.

[trogdor]

115. They're saving it for the next GOP nitwit.

As long as the amendment doesn't actually go to the states for ratification, the GOoPers still get to use it as an issue.

[Megahurtz]

65. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Dobson is a fucking idiot.:freak:

[Hugin]

66. I guess this means...

No more Dobson?

Boy, talk about a crabby paddy... This guy Dobson
takes the cake.

[Sterling]

67. Nile is a BADDASS. One of the best musicians alive.

He did a whole lot more more than just write "We are Family"

[Paradise]

68. Give me a break!

This is absolutely RIDICULOUS! :crazy:

[todwest]

69. No one messes with my absorbent pal

That's it. I'm takin' the gloves off. No one fucks with SpongeBob.

Now, the Gargoyles? There's some homo-erotica into which one can really sink one's teeth, so to speak.

[realisticphish]

88. a bunch of muscular "guys" with low voices

that hang around together at night, naked.....


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[ktowntennesseedem]

71. Wonder what they think "crabby-patties" is a euphamism for?

Any ideas?

[jambojonusa]

72. I wrote a script...

...called Sponge Bob goes to Washington DC.

My kids like it! (actually they helped) Its doubtful I could ever sell it to the producers.

next...Sponge Bob has an audience with the Pope.
Sponge Bob goes to a big tent revival meeting.

a person could get there self in as much trouble as Sponge Bob gets into!

[ktowntennesseedem]

74. New fall lineup for Cartoon Network:

"Queer Sponge for the Straight Starfish"

[ashmanonar]

124. LOLOLOLOL

rotflmao. much. best laugh i've had in a few days.

[Hugin]

75. We interrupt regularly scheduled programming...

...for this advice to "Dr." Dobson:

I'll talk very slowly so you'll understand... O.K.?

Find your television remote control. (Assuming you know what that is.)
On it you will find a series of numbers. (Assuming you know what those
are.)
Press almost any of those numbers and it will take you somewhere else.

This has been a public service announcement...

Prag thanks you for your attention.

We now return to regularly scheduled programming.

[tmooses]

76. Can you say HOMOPHOBIA, boys and girls?

[GiovanniC]

80. Check This Out... Too Funny

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0403/spongebob.html

[realisticphish]

89. that site is genious

the guys on my floor actually spent a few hours trying to figure out if this was for real. then, we found the Lambuell thong. brilliant


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[hraka]

105. Thank you for putting it in perspective!

Hilarious site, too

[TheDonkey]

138. BLAAAAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!

hillarious especialy the line about "throwing him across the room" it sounds too real actually.

[Rob H.]

83. As I said in the other Spongebob thread...

James Dobson needs more hobbies, anything to keep his mind off that dreaded "homosexual agenda." :eyes: The ironic thing is, I'm a straight man who finds SpongeBob hilarious (seriously. I have some episodes on DVD and everything!) and none of my gay friends watch him.

Ha! In your face, Focus on the Family!

[progressoid]

85. Dear Mr Dobson, what does it mean if my kids buy me Sponge Bob

pajamas and underwear for xmas? Does that mean they WANT me to be gay? I'm concerned that they may be possessed by some kind of gay demon.

Please respond soon as I've been having odd dreams about Patrick and a pineapple since wearing these PJs.

Crucifixionly yours,

Progressoid

[mrsadm]

92. Why is anyone surprised at this?

In my mind this reaction is a continuation of the hatred and mistrust of Hollywood by the right wingers. They don't want ANY liberal messages getting out - including toleration. Heavens to Betsy they *have* to have someone and something to hate.

The real question in my mind is what are they all REALLY afraid of?

[genieroze]

95. The real question in my mind is what are they all REALLY afraid of?

Someone with a bigger penis, like spongebob. lol

[Kerrytravelers]

98. I wonder if he know...

The Ambigusouly Gay Duo on SNL might be gay, too...

[ashmanonar]

125. yea, that was my thought too...

there's a lot more stuff on tv that they COULD be finding, if they weren't so busy pointing their fingers at spongebob...but then, it's SNL, so it's perfectly safe to show a pair of ambiguously gay superheros, and nobody will say anything about it. the repugs must like the AGD too much to have them shut down.

[genieroze]

93. BawHahahahaha, you gotta be sh!tting me. eom

[Name removed]

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[Diogenes2]

99. Is that all "Doctor" Dobson has to worry about?

This thread is about moron Dobson's insanity about SpongeBob.

[Rob H.]

97. Here's the video in RealPlayer format

For the record, Spongebob is in it exactly THREE times. The rest of the time it's Muppets and other kid's show characters I don't recognize.

[hraka]

101. OMG! My sister is a gay male!

[InvisibleTouch]

107. If you ever really want to die laughing....

...see if you can find a book called "Turmoil in the Toy Box." It's from the mid-80's, that heyday of the world's greatest cartoons, when some wacko Christian group went to great pains to find demonic messages in every single popular kids' show of the time. From He-Man (use of sorcery ... eeeeevil!) to the Transformers (shape-shifting characters undermine kids' sense of stability in the world) and everything in between, this is about as hysterical a book as you'll ever read.

Sadly (or perhaps not-so-sadly), the original is out of print, but there's a re-printed version that you can see here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0914984209/ref=lpr_g_1/002-2894882-8588049?v=glance&s=books

What's really scary are the Amazon reviews by parents who are essentially saying, "Amen, sister!" Or maybe they're just being sarcastic. One would like to hope....

[Anakin Skywalker]

155. Hey Thanks for the Info

80s cartoon fan here. :)

[Turbineguy]

108. BTW

what's he a doctor in?

[Chovexani]

122. Douchebaggery. (n/t)

[killbotfactory]

109. Tolerance is not a christian value, apparently

I guess that whole "judge not lest ye be judged" thing doesn't apply to those filthy homos.

[Kerrytravelers]

110. There are 2 types of Christians...

There are the Christians who actually follow the principals of life Jesus talked about. THey are the ones you find here on the DU board, the Democratic party and other liberal groups that protest against *

and then there are the Bushies who really aren't Christians, they just use the name Jesus and God to convince people that hatred, homophobia and global dominance is somehow found in the pages of the Bible.

Je$u$, the true profit of the hypo-christians.

[Voltaire99]

164. So many of this "other type of Christian"...

...lend their support to invading Iraq, banning gay rights, and other Bush policies that it's hard to remember there are sane ones among you.

Of course, the problem with following the pre-digested and otherwise humanly-mediated word of a man dead for 2,000 years is that there's this tiny matter of interpretation... ;-)

[Kerrytravelers]

187. Yep...

Some of us interpert Jesus' teaching of love everyone as literally LOVE EVERYONE. Or, judge not lest ye be judge as DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE!!!! The same kind of radical, peace-loving ideas you find in every religion in the world (since they really are all connected anyway. Christianity is merely one interpertation of the universal message of peace.)


But hey, that's only one interpertation. I'm sure in there somewhere must be a message of take all you can steal and kill everyone in sight who is different from you. Right?
;)

[AntiCoup2K4]

111. Why would Dobson mention that Nile Rodgers wrote "We Are Family"??

How exactly does Dr. Focus on Beating Dogs and Children know about that song's connection to the LGBT community. :think:

[Chovexani]

123. Good catch!

What a sad little closet case he is.

Come out, come out, wherever you are! :P

[outrage]

117. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah "inhale" hahahah

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah....whatta buncha fucking nimrods.

[Megahurtz]

118. LOL!!!

:7

[njdemocrat106]

126. These nut-jobs have to complain about something, don't they?

Never mind that there's a lot more real news out there, like thousands of our men and women being hurt in Iraq. These guys won't rest until we all are living in a White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, Heterosexual, Male-dominated society, just like the old days.

[terbear143]

127. seriously???

What's the saying... "somethings a cigar is just a cigar" Sometimes a sponge is just a sponge... sometimes a cartoon is JUST a cartoon...
:eyes:

:think:

[MisterP]

129. don't let Dobson see Cartoon Network

on second thought, let him; it'll make him explode.

[BronxBoy]

207. Or worse yet

Adult Swim

[Dr Fate]

132. Well, at least we can still watch "Davy & Goliath"

What about Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig?

Shouldnt they attack him for wearing girls clothes?

Porky- RUNNING AROUND W/O PANTS!!!

I mean, why not go all the way with this.

[rodeodance]

133. Dobson does not know how dumb he sounds!!!!

[0007]

134. This is worse than the commie threat

"On Wednesday however, Paul Batura, assistant to Mr. Dobson at Focus on the Family, said the group stood by its accusation."

"We see the video as an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids," he said. "It is a classic bait and switch."

The video has appeared on television networks, and nothing in it or its accompanying materials refers to sexual identity.

[atommom]

135. Poor Dobson just can't win against that infernal television.

He keeps beating it with a belt, but it just won't turn itself off! :shrug:

[Divine Discontent]

140. not ashamed

that I'm a Christian, by any means, but I'm thoroughly ashamed of "Christian Radio" as a whole. These nutjob bigots are AMAZING in their stupidity and intolerance.

Here's an idea boys, quit chirpin' about cartoons being friends and get on bushco on their deadly bloody war on the iraqi people!


schmucks.

[sffreeways]

141. Sponge Bob outted... Ugh

Cartoon Characters aren't even beyond the reach of right wing religious scorn and hatred.

I thought Sponge Bob had a thing for the Squirrel ? Are they sure he isn't Bi ?

[Anakin Skywalker]

146. Hey! What about Chip 'n Dale, Huh?

No! Not the male strippers (though the rightwing hates those too), the two chipmunks that live in a tree together, hmm? What about them? Whatcha gonna do about them, Dodo-Head Dobson?

[Kerrytravelers]

188. Chip and Dale, huh?

Well. let's look into this. The tree, standing straight and tall is very fallic. Two men living in a fallic symbol...and remember, they're Disney characters, and Disney has same-sex pertner benefits.

Did you know many fundies won't let their kids watch Pocohauntus because they show the Native AMerican culture and faith?

[mitchum]

150. I will enjoy pissing on his grave

I loath Dobson

[Jamastiene]

174. Can I go first

I have wanted to do that to him, Falwell, Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson and a plethora of jerks for ages.

[Anakin Skywalker]

153. More Bad News for Parents!

This just in! The Teen Titans are having orgies every night in that compound of theirs! :) Quick! Demand a ban to that show before it's too late!

[Anakin Skywalker]

154. Popeye and Bluto

are secretly LOVERS! That whole fighting over Olive Oyl thing is just a cover. News at 11.

[Tweed]

156. yes yes, this is genius

Please do more of this. It makes suburbanites think you are loony! yes yes!

[Hailtothechimp]

158. KO just showed it on Countdown.

Cool video, great message. No wonder the conservatives hate it.

Watch it on the reruns if you can. It's the very last part of the show (55 minutes in). Worth a look.

[Catchawave]

176. I saw it on KO too....

Keith just rolled his eyes over the whole controversy. Like, whaaaaaa? He's so great.

I enjoyed the cartoon, a happy message celebrating diversity. I hope they offer it to the public too. I'd love to get a copy for my 2 yr old twin grandkids. It had all their favorite characters!

[MountainLaurel]

159. A relevant quotation

"Ironically, guys like Jerry Falwell insist on interpreting the Good Book very literally. But put them in front of Teletubbies, and suddenly they become masters of subtext, cultural analysis, and innuendo. Go figure."

Susan Jane Gilman, Kiss My Tiara

:evilgrin:

[n2dfun]

162. I KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND . . .

as Dobson is a member of the Church of the Nazarene and I grew up in that church. I'm still in therapy after all these years. Imagine being gay, or 'pre-gay' if you will, and facing this barage of hate and intolerance all done in the name of a loving God. My much older brother, who is a minister, tried to exorcise the 'gay demon' from me. In retrospect it's all so humiliating.

I can remember the dread of Sunday night church services as they were more 'evangelical' and drew upon bringing people who were 'lost' into the fold. There was always the threat of hellfire.
Even as a very young child I remember asking my Mother if "the devil was going to get me." Later, in adolescence, I had an emotional breakdown and told my parents I feared being gay. They sent me to a psychiatrist.

Sometimes the old tapes still play in my head and I wonder if I really will go to hell. There is something called religious/spiritual abuse. Maybe we should be rescuing these children from the living hell in which they're being raised. But how?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

169. How...

With love.

What could be less Christ-like than the barrage of hatred you've experienced? It can't be countered with more hatred, and it will require twice as much loving energy to put an end to the cruelty.

I'm so sorry you had to go through such a nightmare...:hug:
And welcome to DU! :hi:

[n2dfun]

196. Thanks

I appreciate your kind sentiment. You're correct. It is love that has helped me conquer some of the worst fears and the memories of the nightmarish experiences. Every time someone reminds me of how insane that way of thinking is, I feel loved and valued instead of hated and devalued. I just wish no child had to be exposed to that kind of extremism, but then again, I wish no child was a victim of war or a tsunami. We learn and grow from all this, no matter how difficult or painful.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

198. That's exactly why we must continue to fight the bigotry

that pervades our country these days. We have to continue fighting their efforts to ban gay marriage and do everything we can to support legislation that will protect the GLBT community from discrimination.

At home, we can start teaching our children tolerance by being tolerant of them. I've made it plain to my two boys that the person they choose to spend their lives with will be welcomed and loved as a daughter or another son. We can stand up to those who are openly bigoted by expressing our support for our gay friends and relatives.

And when those who purport to be Christian speak out against our gay and lesbian friends, we can let them know that we'll pray for them to overcome their hatefulness.

Since you experienced bigotry as a child, you're more sensitive than most to the effect it has on children. It sounds like you have a calling within you to help kids who are suffering now. Maybe your therapist has some ideas to help you get involved. Maybe helping to heal others would help you heal yourself. :hug:

[Kerrytravelers]

193. You're not going to hell...

... unless of course you voted for * (just kidding!)

Listen, those people simply don't get it. The whole concpet that Jesus was trying to teach people was peace and love. The dude was the orginally hippy! And coming from a Christian who gets that message and also sees it in all the other world religions, I truly feel that unless you are secretly an ax murderer, being gay or not has nothing to do with where your soul will be spending eternity.

Wouldn't it be cool if there was like a liberla heaven where all people who just want peace get to go and then a conservative neo-con Heaven for people who like to kill and blow people up? Our heaven would be beautiful, trees, blue skies, everyone just hanging out, having a blast, while "their" Heaven, they are constantly running from bombs and living in a war-torn world? That would be the coolest!

[n2dfun]

197. heaven and hell

the conservative heaven you describe sounds a bit like hell and the liberal heaven sounds, well, heavenly . . .lol

thanks for the nice thought . . .

peace

[MountainLaurel]

202. Are you from WV?

I had an ex-boyfriend whose family members likewise tried to exorcise the gay demon once they realized that his best friend was more than a friend -- drove six hours to out the BF to his parents. Fortunately, the BF's parents just looked at them like they were insane and told them they didn't give a shit who he was sleeping with, that he was their son and loved him nonetheless, then slammed the door in their face.

But I hear you -- every once in a while when someone suddenly isn't where they're supposed to be, I get the start of those panic attacks about the Rapture that I had when I was 12.

[n2dfun]

206. not from WV

but it's a beautiful state:D

listening to people who are sane about spirituality and religion helps the nightmares to recede (fortunately . . .)

Thanks for the note!

[laundry_queen]

171. LOL! That's a perfect quote! n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

172. Excellent point!

[donheld]

163. Two gay icons

when do lesbians get their icon?

[El Biggo Doggo]

165. and now, on a serious note

Dobson is saying something that appears to be untrue and which could affect the profitability of whoever makes Spongebob.
Isn't there some way to sue? Has he ever attacked a commercial entity this way before?

[Voltaire99]

166. Again, I stress that this is good news...

Every time our reactionary masters sink their fangs into the popular culture, it's good news, and I cheer.

The more they seek to crush our hopes and pleasures, the more I urge them to bring it on.

Because repression breeds response. :-)

We're not going to throw off the Bush Reich through rational argument, or unglue its sickly aura from the hearts of the many dullards who back Bushism.

Only when people are well and fucking sick of socially-repressive reactionary Christian control are they going to say, Enough.

So, keep trying, right wing lunkheads. You're our best advertisement. ;-)

[Biased Liberal Media]

170. The more I read of ignorance like this, the more I wonder

how conservative Xians out there (like, my mom for example) are feeling over this. Perhaps I ought to email her this link??

I'm sick of this bullshit.

[Name removed]

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[disconnected]

177. dobson disappoints me

I grew up listening to this man, my mom knew him. I have many good memories surrounding him and his ministry UNTIL I hear one of his radio shows and he talked about Catholics and other denominations not going to Heaven.
I really wish folks followed the example of Jesus, instead of giving into such paranoid crap.
Jesus said nothing outside you can make you unclean. A cartoon show doesn't corrupt people, any corruption comes from within.
Spongebob Squarepants is a good kids show. It's one I allow my children to watch because of the GOOD values it has.

[Kerrytravelers]

194. While I certainly understand your anger...

lets not actually kill them. Really, we don't need to make myrters out of these people.

Everyday, more than anything else, I pray that * lives because if that a-hold dies, be it by an assassin's bullet or a freakin' Rold's Gold pretzle, they will make a Reagan-esq myrter out of this terrorist.

[nykiera]

178. Voice of 'SpongeBob' scoffs at video's critics

..."What reaction can one have except for gales of hysterical laughter at these people's wrongheadedness and irrational thinking?" Kenny asked. "I love it. I'm glad these people are around because with the coronation going on, we all need something to laugh about."...



http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1106300101266340.xml

[robbedvoter]

180. But, but...Spongebob reproduces by budding! he's an asexual! (one "s")

Shouldn't he be their hero?

[youngdem]

208. What about my bathroom sponges??

I am so confused, does this mean my bath sponge is going to run off with my son's body wash? Oh shit I am in trouble, my bathroom supplies are running off to the blue light district. Wait what about my kitchen sponge's do I need to keep them separate?

[Canuckistanian]

181. I can't stop thinking about....

Hot man-on-sponge sex....

[ElectroPrincess]

182. My young daughter whose recent "birthday party theme" starred

Mr. Sponge Bob Square Pants quipped upon hearing *the news* (he's gay!), "Sooo, what?" LOL

BTW our favorite character second to Gary, the Pet Snail, is Sandy, the Squirrel.

Yeah, I'm also a fan. <g>

[crispini]

185. I just sent a small contribution to the We Are Family Foundation

at http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/ with the following note:

I just saw your video on Countdown and I enjoyed it very much. I have sent you a small donation. Dr. James Dobson and anyone who thinks that there is something inappropriate in the video is, frankly, delusional.

[jhain]

186. safe sex, though

being a sponge and all.
Patrick is sponge worthy!

[melv]

190. Contact these idiots here:

and let them know that they have too much time on their hands.

http://www.afa.net/contact.asp

(American Family Association)

[miss_kitty]

192. From the NYT article:

"Mark Barondess, the foundation's lawyer, said the critics "need medication.""

I can't understand why he'd say that...

"On Wednesday however, Paul Batura, assistant to Mr. Dobson at Focus on the Family, said the group stood by its accusation.

"We see the video as an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids," he said. "It is a classic bait and switch.""

It sounds to me as if they've had way too many meds as it is. I thought they might want to share with the rest of us. Greedy.

[jackson]

200. Holy Moly! Batman and Robin are gay, too!

[jackson]

201. My letter to Dr. James C. Dobson and the AFA

Dear Dr. James C. Dobson and the friendly family folks at the American Family Association,

I read with GREAT interest about your anti-homosexual campaign against SpongeBob Squarepants. I always thought there was something FISHY about that sponge and starfish actually HOLDING HANDS!

And Spongebob watches the imaginary television show, "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy." That's a sign of gaydom, if there ever was one!

While you're on this campaign, I recommend that you look into Batman and Robin. They are grown men living together. That's VERY suspicious!

Also, review The Three Stooges. Moe, Larry and Curly even sometimes sleep together in the VERY same bed! And BOY, do they make the noise! They pretend to be snoring, but WE know better, don’t we?

Then, review those Teletubbies – oh, wait, I think you already deemed at least one of THEM to be gay!

And what about Wally and the Beav sharing a room? Sure, they're young, but that's where homosexuality starts, right?

In conclusion, I'm glad you have so much TIME, what with all the other pressing PROBLEMS in our lives, to work to keep our kids from seeing these anti-family cartoons.

I know I sleep better knowing you lose sleep thinking about perverted acts like sponge-on-starfish sex!

Sincerely yours for families against perverted cartoons,

Jackson Thoreau