SpongeBob In Crosshairs (Dobson Alert)

Kansas City Star ^ | January 20, 2005

[E Rocc]

SpongeBob in crosshairs

The New York Times

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

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said that SpongeBob's creators have enlisted SpongeBob in a “pro-homosexual video,” in which he appeared with other children's television characters.

The makers of the video, Dobson said, plan to mail it to thousands of elementary schools this spring to promote a “tolerance pledge” that includes tolerance for differences of “sexual identity.”

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I'm with Dan, and I can't help but think that someone who buries his head in the sand about the agendas of leftists and deviants-- for indoctrinating children to accept homosexuality as normal--

First of all, homosexuality is not normal. Heterosexuality is. Heterosexuality will always be normal. The vast majority of human beings now and human beings who will exist in the future will be heterosexuals. Homosexuality will never be the lifestyle of more than a small minority of people.

No amount of indoctrination can convince anyone but the terribly sick and emotionally unstable to go against what nature and instinct have provided as the normal sexuality of mankind: heterosexuality. To think that a cartoon character could succeed at this, if left unchecked, is to don a tinfoil hat made from all the aluminum foil Reynolds has ever produced.

Homosexuals merely want to be treated as people. I think they deserve to be. Don't you?

must have an ulterior motive or something to hide.

You're obviously a fairly paranoid person.

Why would a conservative not see this as being anti-conservative???

How do you define conservatism? In my opinion, the golden rule of conservatism is MYOFB. Homosexuals and homosexuality doesn't bother me. Why does it bother you so much? Why do you feel that your countrymen who have a different sexuality than yours should be treated like a state or political enemy? Would you also round them up in concentration camps or ghettoes so you could keep an eye on them . . . just to make sure they didn't undermine your political belief structure?

[SerpentDove]

So you're okay with somebody indoctrinating your kids with the pro-homo lifestyle? If that's your bag, go with it.

But most people like be informed about the propaganda their kids are being subjected to, and a lot of us aren't "okay" with the gay agenda.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

So you're okay with somebody indoctrinating your kids with the pro-homo lifestyle? If that's your bag, go with it.

I'm not convinced you can indoctrinate someone into a homosexual lifestyle like you can indoctrinate someone into the Army. If you're a man, you either get turned on by Brad Pitt taking off his shirt, or you get turned on by Jennifer Anniston taking off her shirt. So no, I don't share your concerns at all.

But most people like be informed about the propaganda their kids are being subjected to, and a lot of us aren't "okay" with the gay agenda.

This is a kid's cartoon, not Fistgate.

[VRWCmember]

that is because you fail to realize that some of these so-called "true" conservatives secretly, or NOT so secretly, support the old testament proscription of capital punishment of homosexuals, prostitutes, adulterors and adultresses, via stoning

Wow! That is one of the most ignorant statements I've seen around here in a long time. I doubt that you could even identify ONE FReeper that holds such beliefs -- secretly or not.

[SerpentDove]

Fine. You're okay with the gay agenda.

If you are reasonable, please understand that many are not.

If you are unreasonable, condescendingly berate those who do have concerns.

[SerpentDove]

Check the rest of his posts. You'll soon find they are devoid of intellectual content.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

If you are reasonable, please understand that many are not. If you are unreasonable, condescendingly berate those who do have concerns.

I am reasonable, and I do understand that some are "concerned." As a conservative, however, I do not feel that combatting a phantom social agenda should be a part of mainstream conservatism, and I reserve the right to argue as vociferously and as strenuously as I can to make sure that people who feel threatened by other people's sexuality remain on the fringe of conservative politics.

[SerpentDove]

That's cool. That's what a forum is for.

;-)

[macrahanish #1]

What is the Hatch Amendment?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

That's cool. That's what a forum is for.

I agree, and I'm glad to be with you in that sort of spirit.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

A gay co-worker tells me that "squarepants" is gay slang for a, uh, "well-endowed" gay man.

Maybe he's yanking your chain.

[E Rocc]

What is the Hatch Amendment?

A federal law requiring that public schools get parental permission before subjecting kids to anything that can be considered psychological condtioning.

A model letter can be found here.

-Eric