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Sponge Bob Homosexual Advocate?

The religious right Dr. James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on Family, asked guests at a black-tie dinner for members of Congress if they realized that the popular cartoon character Sponge Bob had been enlisted in a “pro-homosexual video.”

The predictable result of this disclosure was a flurry of media reports mocking Dodson’s comments. Oh, no, claimed Dodson, misunderstanding the sniggering articles. “I was said to be on the warpath for my dislike for SpongeBob, who supposedly has homosexual characteristics. I said no such thing.”

What Dodson actually said, according to Focus on Family’s website, is this: “[The liberal group] We Are Family Foundation has produced a video slated for distribution to 61,000 public and private elementary schools; it features SpongeBob, Big Bird, Barney and others singing the old disco hit ‘We Are Family’ and spreading a message of ‘diversity and unity.’

Apparently Dr. James C. Dobson think that words like ‘diversity’ and ‘unity’ are often used by gay activists and thus are things this country should fight against.

"Unfortunately," Dobson explained, "the We Are Family foundation has very strong homosexual advocacy roots and biases." For example, a tolerance pledge, which the foundation says it is "pleased to provide" on its Web site, reads in part: "I pledge to have respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own."

God forbid we accept diversity, unity and freedom in this country, after all if we open our hearts to others that have different beliefs we may find ourselves actually seeing that we are ALL worthy of respect.