SpongeBob is NOT Gay!!
Focus on the Family and the American Family Association insist that SpongeBob is spearheading a campain to spread homosexuality among children. HUH? The reason? Because he holds hands with his sidekick, Patrick, and they like to watch an imaginary TV show called The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. HUH? Does this mean I'm gay because I used to watch Batman and Robin? Tonto and the Lone Ranger? Starsky and Hutch?
So by using their logic...Males from Brazil must be gay because it is very common to hug a friend when they meet. Italian men must be gay too...Especially the Mob because I've even seen them kiss!! I have been told that people from some of the Asian countries actually put their arm around each others shoulders when they walk down the street. Football players must all be gay because when they make a good play they all hug each other and sometimes pat their fellow teammates on the butt. Hockey players too...But they don't do the butt thing. If anything SpongeBob and Patrick are immature when they hold hands, but gay they are not...unless it means happy.
Dr. Dobson and his Focus on the Family plus the American Family Association are going too far in declaring that SpongeBob is Gay based on what appears to me very weak reasoning and far reaching conclusions.
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This topic is directly related to the question of gay and lesbian marriage. It seems to cross an area that is considered taboo in many families. Some who were raised with this boundary are able to change how they feel, others are not. Some have gone so far as to become paranoid and examine every inch of society for examples of what they feel is immoral behaviour. I have know idea what the creator of this cartoon's intention was, but if one looks at the show objectively, there really is no indication of a sexual relationship between these characters. The fact that they display affection for each other by holding hands and doing things together is not an indication of homosexuality. Will we become a society who is afraid to touch one another, hug, hold hands, for fear that it will identify us with something that others may consider taboo? An aquaintance told me about a day when she was asked not to kiss her kindergarten child goodbye in the school yard as it was *inapropriate behaviour*. Where will society draw its new line? How much affection in public is too much?
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