Posted on 11/16/2004 1:38:33 PM PST by lainie
Look out kids. SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and Clifford the Big Red Dog are joining forces to rerecord the disco tune We Are Family to promote diversity and tolerance in classrooms.
A video starring the three children's characters plus nearly 100 others, including Dora the Explorer and Arthur, will be distributed to 61,000 public and private elementary schools nationwide, along with lesson plans for teachers. It will air simultaneously on Nickelodeon, the Public Broadcasting Service and the Disney Channel in March.
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The We Are Family Foundation was founded by singer-songwriter Nile Rodgers, who wrote the song recorded in 1979 by Sister Sledge. The nonprofit organization creates and supports programs about diversity and multiculturalism. The video was financed by a grant from the Toni Mendez Shapiro estate.
"Cooperation and unity are the most important values we can teach children. We believe that this is the essential first step to loving thy neighbor," Rodgers said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Jelly fishin' Jelly fishin'
OK. If there is no God, then loving your neighbor is merely a preference, not a standard of behavior.
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I'm all for it.....as long as they keep those ^%&$#@*&^!! Teletubbies out of it...
p.s. I like SpongeBob SquarePants. :-)
I couldn't take him a second longer.
That flushing sound you hear is your tax dollars and childrens school time being wasted while teachers mess with this tripe.
Will they add Jessica Rabbit?
I'm assuming that, if used in public schools, he will be known as contraceptive sponge Bob.
Hey....With a great big hug....
I love youMat 22:37-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
How can you say this is not necesssarily a religious concept? Where do you think it came from?
It's a little known fact that Bob (aka "Sponge Bob") was originally a contraceptive sponge. When these products were discontinued (ibid: Seinfeld episode "Spongeworthy") he had to find work elsewhere. Interestingly enough, Squarepants is his actual family name.
Ping!
I think most respondents here are missing something. "Diversity," as aimed at public education, is about homosexual activist propaganda aimed at the kids.
It is very likely that they're going to turn SpongeBob and Barney into homosexualists.
Where's Swiper the Fox when you need him?
I generally watch Sponge Bob rather than O'Reilly because I want to further my education. When I watch B.O. I generally regress.
Cooperation and unity are the most important values
Wait a sec. Which is it: diversity or unity?
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