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Posted by eleanor

Laugh, cry

In the run-up to today's inauguration of George W. Bush as Head Grotesquerie, the American right-wing Christian group Focus on the Family attacked SpongeBob SquarePants. A new children's educational video includes Bob the Builder, characters from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, and... wait for it... SpongeBob SquarePants doing a remake of the Sister Sledge hit "We Are Family." Somehow, I don't think five-year-olds know it's a gay anthem. Nonetheless, Focus on the Family leader James Dobson said the video is an attempt to brainwash little kiddies. (Further proof: SpongeBob and his male starfish friend Pat hold hands, presumably in the way only perverted toddlers do... James obviously missed the movie, where Pat goes gaga for a girl.) In a deeply mean way that I'm a bit ashamed of, it's very satisfying that James Dobson and his followers truly believe we're taking over the world.

Hey James: Boo!

Comments

# Free the cartoons!
February 25, 2005 10:07 AM
# Free speech for everyone but you
February 8, 2005 10:36 AM
# In an octopus's garden
January 26, 2005 11:05 AM
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