when did televison become intiimate?

I always hated when Christians would say, "We don''t have anything against homosexuals, just acts of homosexuality." In other words, "We don't hate you, we just hate the one thing you do that makes you different from us." And, of course, when such people see a gay person they simply can't divorce that individual from the act so it was all just wasted breath anyway.

Shit like this makes makes me sick to be part of the human race... banning a child's tv program because it shows a gay couple. We should be teaching our kids that love comes in all forms, whether your gay, bi, straight, what the fuck ever. People need to get their shit straight.... Instead of banning a tv show, how bout you be a parent and sit down and watch tv with ur kids and explain whats goin on. better fuckin yet, instead of planting your kid in front of the tv, Take them out in the sunshine, read to them, take them to a museum, do something... take the responsibilty of having a kid into your own hands, not some nutcase who judges what is good for YOUR kids. But then again i dont hav kids but my parents did that to me and i came out pretty good....

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"This is what makes the SpongeBob controversy not funny."

I still think it's funny. A friend of mine trolled through the Free Republic Web site (a loony right-wing version of Indymedia, for those of you who don't know) and he told me even the Freepers were laughing at Dobson. The guy is an assclown who isn't taken seriously by anyone but his own dittoheads.

Margaret Spelling, on the other hand, is rather less funny.

The internet is a horrible, sinful place s5.

But don't worry. They'll be here to "moralize" us all sooner or later.

I'm of the opinion that this would be an issue in the Clinton or Kerry White House as well.

Not to dampen the conversation, but Spongebob is totally gay. Everybody thought so until Dr. Dobson made an issue out of it.

If not consciously gay, then on-the-way gay. His 'best friend' never wears a shirt and he uses his big-screen debut to meet David Hasselhoff. Come on.

[Edited on Feb 04, 2005 by Jeff_Fries]

Probably.

I'm not saying this would have happened in the years between 1992 and 2000. I'm saying that if a Clinton (Bill, Hillary) or John Kerry were in the White House right now, with the national zeigiest what it is, this would have been an issue. Maybe not to the extent that it is now, but something would have come up. I don't know if this is a Bush issue per se.

And that was my only point. I'm just overly-sensetive to people calling foul on Bush all the time. There's a time and a place, especially for Bush, but sometimes it's unfounded. I'm not saying that about this article, but in general I've found it to be true. I'm certainly no fan of the man or his administration, though.

This isn't an issue of anti-gay culture, this is an issue of what is appropriate for publicly funded television programming for children. You wouldn't support a pro-conservative program paid for with tax dollars, and rightly so; politics and cultural debates are not subjects that need to be directed at pre-school children.

Besides, the inclusion of a lesbian couple into a skit meant for kids is clearly manipulation by pro-gay culture warriors.

Remember the V-chip and the "Defense of Marriage" act? Social conservatism is a permanent feature of all societies at all times no matter who wins an election.