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To: Grainne who wrote (30569)	2/9/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Kid Rock	Respond to of 108807

This guy likes to stick people with knives. From today's St. Louis Post Dispatch: stlnet.com

To: Grainne who wrote (30569)	2/9/1999 11:27:00 PM
From: Kid Rock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Is this what you are looking for?http://www.scotsman.com/search/ne/11/ne11murd971205.html

To: Grainne who wrote (30569)	2/10/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

This is so bizarre I had to share it. I'm not sure it is getting much coverage nationally, but it is definitely headline news here in San Francisco. Tinky Winky is a member of our household--his cute little stuffed self sits on my daughter's bed and is just adorable. He is always saying "Biiiiig Hugs!" and seems totally innocent to me. search.washingtonpost.com Falwell Calls 'Teletubby' Gay By David Reed Associated Press Writer Wednesday, February 10, 1999; 3:47 a.m. EST ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- Is Tinky Winky gay? The Rev. Jerry Falwell suspects so, telling parents that the purple ''Teletubbies'' character from the popular children's television show is a homosexual role model. Under a headline that reads ''Parents Alert: Tinky Winky Comes Out of the Closet,'' an article in the February edition of the National Liberty Journal notes that Tinky Winky has the voice of a boy yet carries a purse. ''He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol,'' the story said. The paper is edited and published by Falwell. Falwell contends the ''subtle depictions'' are intentional and in a statement issued Tuesday said, ''As a Christian I feel that role modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children.'' A spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., which licenses the Teletubbies in the United States, said that what Falwell's newspaper described as a purse is actually Tinky Winky's magic bag. ''The fact that he carries a magic bag doesn't make him gay,'' Steve Rice said. ''It's a children's show, folks. To think we would be putting sexual innuendo in a children's show is kind of outlandish.'' The British show aimed at toddlers began airing on U.S. public television stations last spring and is now as popular as Barney, a singing dinosaur who also happens to be purple. The Teletubbies are portrayed by actors in oversized, brightly colored costumes. They all have television screens on their tummies and, according to the story line, live in a superdome hidden in the hills. Other than Tinky Winky, the troupe features Dipsy in green, Laa-Laa in orange and Po in red. The Teletubbies dance, sing and share ''bi-i-ig hugs'' beneath a radiant sun emblazoned with the face of a laughing infant. Rice said Falwell was attacking ''something sweet and innocent'' to further his conservative political agenda. ''To out a Teletubby in a preschool show is kind of sad on his part. I really find it absurd and kind of offensive,'' he said. Falwell's spokeswoman, Laura Swickard, said the founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority agreed with everything that was in the NLJ article and would not comment beyond his one-paragraph statement. In 1997, Falwell urged General Motors, Chrysler and Johnson & Johnson to withdraw their sponsorship of an episode of the sitcom ''Ellen'' when the lead character announced her homosexuality. © Copyright 1999 The Associated Press