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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (17539)	2/10/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Hee hee. Get this: Jery, Jerry, Jerry.....Jerry Falwell has issued a "parents alert" that "the purple Teletubbie is gay." We have two big news stories going on here in Oregon today. They're going to blow up an oil tanker run aground on Lincoln City's beach, and "Jerry Falwell outs a Teletubbie." (That was a quote.) Falwell claims that: ~ purple is "the gay color" (thought that was pink?); ~ this Teletubbie carries a purse but talks like a boy; ~ the antenna on his head is triangular in shape. The Teletubbie People say the purse is "a magic bag." Newswoman Shirley: "Well, Barney's purple." Newsman Eric: "You may be on to something." Weatherman: Struck dumb.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (17539)	2/10/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

Jerry Falwell, from his internet site: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lynchburg, VA., Feb. 10, 1999—Children's television is fun. It should be. However, the content of children's programming—its messages, role models, lessons, and heroes—is no laughing matter. Research shows that on average, American children watch 21 to 35 hours of television each week, culminating in some 29,000 hours by the time they are 18 years old. That's more time than a child spends in the classroom (Pediatrics, October 1994). We know that children's minds absorb multiple media messages at a phenomenal rate (if they didn't, toy advertisers wouldn't spend so much on Saturday morning programming). So, while I'd like to laugh along with those who are encouraging concerned parents and critics to "lighten up" about children's programming in general, and the Teletubbies in particular, I find this issue far too important to the future and well-being of our children. What could be more important than what we feed the minds of our nation's children? The article in the February edition of the National Liberty Journal, which encourages parents to screen the content of what their children watch on television, is not the first to mention the implicit sexual preference of one of the Teletubbies characters. The Washington Post published an editorial last month categorizing gay actress Ellen DeGeneres as "out" and "Tinky Winky, the gay teletubby" as "in" (Jan. 1, 1999). As a Christian, I believe that role-modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children. I find the flat denials of such a portrayal by Teletubbies producers to be disingenuous and insufficient in answering the questions that have been raised about the Tinky Winky character since the series premiered in England in 1997. Children's minds are our most precious resource and should be treated with care. I encourage parents to stand as informed guardians of the messages communicated to their children through children's programming and not to leave that most important of responsibilities in the hands of others whose motives may be questionable. MEDIA NOTE: To request an interview with Jerry Falwell, contact Laura Swickard at (770) 813-0000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~