Keep Talking, Dobson

Dude, I think Air America should just start broadcasting James Dobson's speeches at this point. Because you just make yourself look like a fool when you attack Spongebob Squarepants as part of "the gay agenda":



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 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.

That's right, by the way, Dobson has a problem with a "tolerance pledge." Democrats, as you know, are the party of tolerance. Republicans are the party of demonizing cartoon characters.

The majority of Americans will read this story and laugh their asses off, just like they did when Jerry Falwell called Tinky Winky a "gay role model." I knew when "moral values" got raised to such stratospheric heights that the Christian right would start making fools of themselves. Looks like it's begun.