On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:00:22 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:01:31 GMT, A. Krieghund <ak47@privacy.net>
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:19:09 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:30:49 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> said in
alt.atheism:

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:39:47 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:41:10 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> said in
alt.atheism:

If you could go back in time to the 'crucifixion,' would you rescue
'Jesus' or would you stand and watch?

You're so unfair. :)

Moi? I'm interested in seeing if he has any humanity or if he's
terminally self-centred.

He's Christian so how can there be any question?

So, what? You're queer and there's no question or do you demand that
people acknowledge your perversion? Many queers do. They wear their
perverted promiscuity like a medal of honor. Are you a Soldier (or
Sailor, I suspect you'd like that uniform better) in the homosexual
war against morality -- hoping to win a medal of your very own? Sure
you are.

ROFLMAO at the braindead moron.

Al's married, dingleberry.

Didn't you know -- homosexuals can marry.

Bigotry, terminal ignorance, prejudice, and hatred. Such is Christian
love and morality.

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:01:31 GMT, A. Krieghund <ak47@privacy.net> said
in alt.atheism:

So, what? You're queer

Assertion of fact not in evidence. (My wife would call you an idiot
for that assertion.)

TV's SpongeBob is Gay wrote:

Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video

Conservative groups criticize maker's 'tolerance pledge'

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian groups
accuse the makers of a video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney
and a host of other cartoon characters of promoting homosexuality to
children.

The wacky square yellow SpongeBob is one of the stars of a music video
due to be sent to 61,000 U.S. schools in March. The makers -- the
nonprofit We Are Family Foundation -- say the video is designed to
encourage tolerance and diversity.

But at least two Christian activist groups say the innocent cartoon
characters are being exploited to promote the acceptance of
homosexuality.

"A short step beneath the surface reveals that one of the differences
being celebrated is homosexuality," wrote Ed Vitagliano in an article
for the American Family Association.

The video is a remake of the 1979 hit song "We Are Family" using the
voices and images of SpongeBob, Barney, Winnie the Pooh, Bob the
Builder, the Rugrats and other TV cartoon characters. It was made by a
foundation set up by songwriter Nile Rodgers after the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, in an effort to promote healing.

Christian groups however have taken exception to the tolerance pledge
on the foundation's Web site, which asks people to respect the sexual
identity of others along with their abilities, beliefs, culture and
race.

"Their inclusion of the reference to 'sexual identity" within their
'tolerance pledge' is not only unnecessary, but it crosses a moral
line," James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said in a
statement released Thursday.

Rodgers said he was astounded by the attack.

"That is so myopic and harsh," he told Reuters. "You have really got
to look hard to find anything in this that is offensive to anyone. The
last thing I am going to do is taint these characters."

Dobson was quoted by the New York Times on Thursday as having singled
out the wildly popular SpongeBob during remarks about the video at
dinner this week in Washington, D.C.

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.

Fundamentalist Christians could find something about an orgasm to complain
about.

TV's SpongeBob is Gay wrote:

Christians issue gay warning on SpongeBob video

Conservative groups criticize maker's 'tolerance pledge'

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian groups
accuse the makers of a video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney
and a host of other cartoon characters of promoting homosexuality to
children.

The wacky square yellow SpongeBob is one of the stars of a music video
due to be sent to 61,000 U.S. schools in March. The makers -- the
nonprofit We Are Family Foundation -- say the video is designed to
encourage tolerance and diversity.

But at least two Christian activist groups say the innocent cartoon
characters are being exploited to promote the acceptance of
homosexuality.

"A short step beneath the surface reveals that one of the differences
being celebrated is homosexuality," wrote Ed Vitagliano in an article
for the American Family Association.

The video is a remake of the 1979 hit song "We Are Family" using the
voices and images of SpongeBob, Barney, Winnie the Pooh, Bob the
Builder, the Rugrats and other TV cartoon characters. It was made by a
foundation set up by songwriter Nile Rodgers after the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, in an effort to promote healing.

Christian groups however have taken exception to the tolerance pledge
on the foundation's Web site, which asks people to respect the sexual
identity of others along with their abilities, beliefs, culture and
race.

"Their inclusion of the reference to 'sexual identity" within their
'tolerance pledge' is not only unnecessary, but it crosses a moral
line," James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said in a
statement released Thursday.

Rodgers said he was astounded by the attack.

"That is so myopic and harsh," he told Reuters. "You have really got
to look hard to find anything in this that is offensive to anyone. The
last thing I am going to do is taint these characters."

Dobson was quoted by the New York Times on Thursday as having singled
out the wildly popular SpongeBob during remarks about the video at
dinner this week in Washington, D.C.

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.

Fundamentalist Christians could find something about an orgasm to complain
about.

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.

These people need to get a grip and worry about their own issues.

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