Posted on 01/08/2005 7:02:35 AM PST by NYer
In a new video to be distributed to 61,000 schools across the nation, homosexual activists are using popular children's TV characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Barney the dinosaur to surreptitiously indoctrinate young children into their lifestyle, a pro-family activist group charges.
![]() SpongeBob Squarepants is one of the popular children's TV characters appearing in a new 'tolerance' video. |
Based on the 1970s hit song "We Are Family," the video will be distributed to public and private elementary schools nationwide March 11, along with lesson plans for teachers, points out the American Family Association.
The distribution, sponsored by FedEx, will coincide with the video's broadcast March 11 on Nickelodeon, PBS, and the Disney Channel in celebration of the proposed National We Are Family Day.
AFA researcher Ed Vitagliano sees the project as an "open door" to a secondary discussion of homosexuality, noting the the foundation has a "tolerance pledge" on its website that children and others are encouraged to sign, which includes sexual orientation. [Editor's note: This story previously linked to the website of a group that has the same name but no connection to the video. WND regrets the error.]
"While we want everyone to respect other people's beliefs, we do not consider it appropriate for children's television to be used in an effort to indoctrinate children to accept homosexuality," he said.
Vitagliano says the foundation is employing a bait-and-switch approach, with popular children's figures such as Arthur, Dora the Explorer, JoJo, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Big Bird and Bob the Builder.
The objective is to get children to the foundation's website "and there they're given the full pitch about homosexuality," he said.
Video producer Christopher Cerf called the video an "unprecedented event."
"For the first time characters from all of the important kids shows came together to appear in the same video," he said in a November news release. "The producers and performers from each show embraced the spirit and message of this project."
The We Are Family Foundation was founded by singer-songwriter Nile Rodgers, who wrote the hit song recorded in 1979 by Sister Sledge.
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," Rodgers said. "We believe that this is the essential first step to loving thy neighbor."
The We Are Family Foundation says its partners in the production are the Anti-Defamation League, Crown Theatres, Disney Channel, FedEx, Nickelodeon, HIT Entertainment, Nile Rodgers/Sony Publishing/The Bernard Edwards Estate/Warner Chapel, Nelvana, PBS, Scholastic, Sesame Workshop, Toni Mendez Shapiro Estate, and WGBH-TV in Boston.
A Federal Express spokesman said the company is "proud" to provide shipping for the project.
"Promoting diversity is part of our corporate culture at FedEx," said William G. Margaritis, senior vice president, worldwide corporate communications.
Characters appearing in the video are from award-winning shows including "Arthur," "Barney," "Bear in the Big Blue House," "Between the Lions," "Blue's Clues, Bob the Builder," "The Book of Pooh," "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Dora the Explorer," "Jimmy Neutron," "JoJo's Circus," "Kim Possible," "Lilo & Stitch: The Series," "Little Mermaid," "Madeline," "The Magic School Bus," "The Muppet Show," "The Proud Family," "Rugrats," "Sesame Street," "SpongeBob SquarePants," and "Zoom."
The video also features cameo appearances by entertainers Bill Cosby, Diana Ross and Whoopi Goldberg.
Yep...an "agnostic" disbelieves as well.
Main Entry: dis·be·lieve Pronunciation: -'lEv Function: verb transitive senses : to hold not worthy of belief : not believe intransitive senses : to withhold or reject belief
Compare with agnosticism
One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
Wonder if Dr. Dobson has seen this.
Since I saw this article on agapepress, I would think he has yes.
We DO undeerstand, that's the problem! If people want to live in denial, they can. But loving thy neighbor does not require that we love the sins. We spnd our lives teaching our kids right from wrong, and to love the sinner not the sin. Just as we do them, when they do wrong.
This does not mean acceptance, it means something closer to tough love.
I will not respect the person who does this either. Why should I respect those who choose to be evil?
Why respect those who do not respect themselves or their own bodies? Not to mention those who love them.
sure there is, there is lots you can do. visit article5.org or afa.com both these sites offer ways to help.
No one is advocating violence or intimidation against gays. Yes come cruel children do that against gays, but they are clearly breaking the law when they do. Children can be very cruel. These liberals will ultimately make it a crime to laugh at fat chicks or any may with girly affectations.
Seriously, childhood sexual encounters are intimately linked with the probability of gayness emerging after puberty. Any encouragement of sex, and mainstreaming of gay sex to children is a direct attack on the family, and offers the cloak of benign education to pedophilia.
Absolutely and worth all caps. Trusting naive children MUST be protected. Jesus Himself said those who would pervert these little ones should have grindstones tied around their neck and be cast into the sea. DROWNED. EXECUTED. DEATH PENALTY. Garbanzo, on which side of this issue ARE YOU???
TOUCHE'
You DO boycott Proctor and Gamble I hope??
Help me find words to describe how utterly freaking despicable it is to try to propogandize young children with cartoon characters.
The homosexual agenda must be defeated. Wake up, America.
But what they do or believe is part of the person. You cannot have one with out the other.
Either you respect everything or you can not respect everybody. It is as simple as that. So by your own word you do not respect everybody.
No it's not. i know lots of gays that are heart-broken over the fact that they'll never have kids. There are gays that find surrogates so they can have kids, and gays adopting is quite popular as well.
Yes we know, and it should not be allowed, anywhere. They chose their lifestyle, children have no such choice in that situation.
Big difference between a company that employs homosexuals and one who tries to indoctrinate my kids into this lifestyle.
I nevr lumped homosexuals and pedophiles together.
I stated they have a higher prevalence of committing pedophilia...in fact in certain homsexual quarters, it's celebrated.
Here are reams of info on this subject that back up my contention.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=homosexuals+higher+prevalence+of+pedophilia&btnG=Google+Search
Rosie O'Donnell without makeup is as scary as it gets. Scared straight taking one look at that.
Speaking of her, her son even wishes he had a Dad, she says sure it would be better if he had one. Even Rosie knows!
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