March 11, 2005

SPONGEWORTHIER:

'We Are Family' Curriculum Cleaned Up: Effort that used SpongeBob SquarePants in a "tolerance" video has excised references to homosexuality in a teacher's guide now landing in the nation's public schools. (Aaron Atwood, 3/11/05, CitizenLink)

A public school curriculum tied to the much-publicized "We Are Family" video featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and other children's characters contains no overt references to homosexuality — quite a change from what was reported to be in earlier versions of the document.

It appears the teachers guide produced in partnership with the maker of the video, the We Are Family Foundation, was cleaned up the after media reports earlier this year about the group's ties to homosexual advocacy groups.

Both the video and the guide are being sent to 61,000 schools nationwide this week.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 11, 2005 5:16 PM
Comments

Score one for Dr. Dobson. Now he needs to after that horrible "Loonatics" series Warner Brothers is ready to foist onto our nation's youth...

Posted by: John at March 11, 2005 5:23 PM

Why make new material? Many Sponge Bob episodes have a strong moral message, it's just not belabored.

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at March 11, 2005 11:59 PM

I've never seen Sponge Bob whatever, but somebody needs to bring back Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Daffy Duck, etc.

Posted by: h-man at March 12, 2005 4:48 AM

I heard one gay commentator say that many in the gay community identify with SpongeBob. Apparently there is something gay about him. It's a wonder that Jerry Falwell hasn't denounced him.

Posted by: Robert Duquette at March 12, 2005 11:58 AM

h-man;

Actually, I think that we are in a golden age of cartoons, even better than the previous one that gave us those classics.

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at March 12, 2005 10:24 PM

The spongebob movie was mildly amusing (I have kids). The character Squidward says: "You can't fool ME. *I* listen to NPR!" He rides a recumbent bicycle.

And h-man, Warner Bros. is unfortunately bringing back bugs and the gang in a new Xtreme form:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6989380/

Posted by: Ted Welter at March 13, 2005 11:35 AM
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