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Absorbent and yellow and porous is he ... but gay?(The Week)(Brief Article)
* Absorbent and yellow and porous is he . . . but gay? It seems to be one of the imperatives of our culture that every kiddies'TV cartoon character must sooner or later come under suspicion of sexual eccentricity. (Remember Tinky Winky?) The latest animoid to suffer this indignity is SpongeBob SquarePants, the cute little fellow who, as everyone with small children knows, lives in a pineapple under the sea. Speaking at a pre-inaugural dinner, Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson criticized a video being distributed to public schools featuring SpongeBob, among other children's favorites, as "pro-homosexual." What seems to have ...
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