Bobby's Blue State

The Early-21st Century Children's Cartoon Character Controversy

When we look back at the early-21st Century thirty years from now, what will we make of the "Great Homosexual Children's Cartoon Character" conspiracy promulgated by social conservatives. You know, their theories that some of the children's cartoon characters of the day were either gay or promoted the gay lifestyle. Headlines from 2005:

• Robin William's Sponge Bob Square Pants number cut from the 2005 Oscar telecast because ABC TV fears offending Christian conservative lobbying groups and in turn the FCC,
• United States Secretary of Education complains that Buster cartoon on tolerance promotes homosexual lifestyle.

I think we are going to ask ourselves, how did a few unchristian, Christian lobbying groups hold so much sway and keep so many American people hostage with their anti-tolerance views? And, why were these people so afraid of showing a modicum of tolerance to a harmless cartoon that promoted tolerance using real life, non-traditional families? A cartoon that have might actually detered some kid from growing up to be a gay-basher because in his developmental years, he'd been exposed to two loving mommies raising a family and he can see that it is as normal and beautiful as his own family.

It is heartbreaking how 290 million people are all held hostage to intolerant, anal-retentive, Chicken Little, conservative Christian lobbying groups. These groups are trying their damnedest to move the country backwards because they long for the "Father Knows Best" America of their youth. Well, intolerant groups: GET OVER IT! It ain't gonna happen. When your generation finally dies off, so will an enormous chunk of intolerance in America. And maybe if today you'd focus more on tolerance, you'd have to worry less about the family.

posted by BBS @ 9:15 PM