Gay Spongebob

[Who Shot Sam?]

From today's NY Times. Four more years of this is gonna be fun. You couldn't make it up:

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

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.

Mr. Rodgers suggested that Dr. Dobson and the American Family Association, the conservative Christian group that first sounded the alarm, might have been confused because of an unrelated Web site belonging to another group called "We Are Family," which supports gay youth.

"The fact that some people may be upset with each other peoples' lifestyles, that is O.K.," Mr. Rodgers said. "We are just talking about respect."

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

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."

[mood swung]

oh, good lord.

I'm gonna have to agree with Mark Barondess.

[selfmademug]

I read that online last night. The mind boggles.

[noiseradio]

Groan.

[strangerinthehouse]

I read about this on aol news, it cracked me up. the group that "found" this out said that the fact that spongebob is a fan of "mermaid man and barnacle boy" was evidence of his sexual preferences; just as millions in the 70's were into batman and the wonder boy, that may have made us all gay

maybe the show's creators will bring a spongesuzie squareskirts to bikini bottom to qualm the red state boycotts.

anyway, I always thought squidmark was the closet homosexual in the show

[Who Shot Sam?]

It's Squidward who is the supposedly gay character - the interest in interpretive dance is a dead giveaway!

[pip_52]

What kind of dangerous, hidden agenda lurks inside SpongeBob's square pants? Um ...none?

[laughingcrow]

Cmon Pip...it is pretty cold underwater!

[DrSpooky]

I saw this and was flabbergasted as well.

My favorite quote is from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190699.stm from a spokesman from We Are Family Foundation (WAFF):

Mark Barondeso told the newspaper that anyone who thought the video promoted homosexuality "needs to visit their doctor and get their medication increased".

I can't imagine a character more innocent and honest than SpongeBob.
Squidward is definitely a quirky one but I had never pinned homosexual on him. Of course, I wasn't drinking and looking for it either.

[ice nine]

Spongebob and Lincoln sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G