LOL! I should be ashamed to admit it, but Spongebob cartoons can be really funny!
Please, do not be ashamed---
My granddaughter, Kailey, who is 5 and I loooooove Spongebob, and I have been known to laugh out loud--
BTW, it is also Tony Snow's favorite cartoon, he talks about Spongebob all the time---waaaaaaay before it was brought up re: gayness.
Dang---it is just plain funny and people have GOT to laugh to stay healty, IMHO
Besides, rather than try to portray Sponge as gay, I think he and Patrick remind me of two characters on an old comedy named Coach (I think)
Jerry Van Dyke would be Sponge and the big, dumb jock would be Patrick---I guess Coach could be Squidward or Mr. Krab, but the irony is the guy that does the voice of Patrick IS the guy that played the big, dumb jock on Coach!!!
My 11 yr old is totally addicted to it! I watch it occasionally with him and laugh a little. The guy who developed it grew up in the town I live in.