Golden

So the Pink Panther, Bert, Ernie, Tinky-Winky, Buster the Bunny, Barney, and Spongebob are all gay. Huh. Let’s let Dr. Dobson explain it for us:

‘Imagine a classroom full of wide-eyed five-year olds, sitting in a circle in front of the teacher. These kindergarteners will believe anything they are told, from the notion that reindeer can fly on Christmas Eve to the idea that bunnies lay candy eggs during “Spring Break.” They are vulnerable to whatever adults tell them. In this instance, the kids are not learning about the alphabet or about exciting fairy tales; they are potentially hearing incomprehensible references to adult perverse sexuality. And the rationale for this instruction is “tolerance and diversity.”‘

Which was in reference to the We Are Family Foundation which… well, read it yourself:

“Over 100 Beloved Children’s Characters Unite in Unprecedented Recording November 10, 2004“NEW YORK — Arthur, Barney, Bear, Big Bird, Clifford, JoJo and SpongeBob, as well as over 100 other beloved children’s characters, have united to re-record the smash hit “We Are Family” in an unprecedented music video to promote tolerance and diversity to America’s children.”

But that’s not all. This story, as it would have to, eventually broke. And was covered by none other than Keith Olbermann (who? ;). THEN, Focus on the Family focused on Him and sent him several hundred e-mails. I love his response. Check out my favorite quotes:

“some of these people are going to wake up to find that the great secular assault they see on their children was, in fact, a bogeyman created to hide their own bad parenting. If they can’t convince their own kids of the appropriateness of their religion and values, then the religion, the values, or the convincing, must not have been very good. Ask my folks if I was an easy sell – yet most of my tenets turn out to have been their tenets – not my teachers’, not television’s, not the secular world’s.”

“And one of the most fascinating things about the studies of homosexuality in this country is that while there is still debate between the creationists and the environmentalists, I’ve never heard anything suggesting that a child is more or less likely to be gay, depending on whether he’s taught not to hate nor be intolerant, of gays.”

“You’re spewing hate, while assuming that for some reason, God has chosen you and you alone in all of history to understand the mysteries of existence, when mankind’s existence is filled with ample evidence that nobody yet has been smart enough to discern an answer.

“You might try keeping it simpler: did you help others, or hurt them?”

And now… on the lighter side… AIDS!!!