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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (94639)	1/25/2005 1:45:10 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Saying that someone is a member of the religious right or other things which simply identify a philosophy are no more namecalling under Feelies rules than when someone calls me a leftist. Or a loony leftist, for that matter. And Bill doesn't object to wingnut, so we have decided that is okay, also. There are so many different belief systems to keep straight here that I might have gotten you confused with someone else, but without malicious intent. So you do not identify yourself as generally following religious right tenets? That is great, either way. But then what is it with you and Spongebob? Anything you could do to help me understand would be much appreciated.

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (94639)	1/25/2005 9:44:29 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

From what I read, SpongeBob is not the one being accused of gayness by James Dobson. As usual, people went wildly astray because it was such a great story. Dobson was objecting to the use of SpongeBob (and I am sure the other characters) to promote the Tolerance Pledge in the videos, a pledge that includes "sexual identity" in its list of differences we should not discriminate against. He feels the organization, the We Are Family Foundation, is promoting the gay agenda. But the talkshows have been full of really funny calls defending SpongeBob (he has a girlfriend!) or claiming he is gay (he holds hands with his best friend!). I have heard that children are asked to take this pledge, but don't know if it's true. If so, I wonder about the wisdom of asking small children to take a pledge. Why not just show the video and let them absorb the ideas? The pledge is too much like- I dunno-- forcing a formal acceptance of what some parents obviously view as propaganda without their permission. As a parent I wouldn't want an outside group asking for that, not unless I had seen the video and read the pledge and agreed. Probably it is a lovely, sweet video, but there is an awful lot of agenda pushing going on these days and I think you have to be cautious. Anyway, SpongeBob is an actor. Goodness. He's just doing his job.