Forget Bert & Ernie, forget the Teletubbies ~ have you heard the latest?

The fundamentalist/neoconservative crowd is now crusading against Spongebob Squarepants. He (it?) is apparently part of the Great Homo Conspiracy now. The cartoon character is featured in a recent video production promoting "diversity," which suggests that schoolchildren respect all their classmates and their families, and try to get along with them.

This, we are told, is highly dangerous because the unspoken subtext suggests that gay people (even ~ gasp ~ gay parents) might be recognized as members of "families," and might even be allowed to coexist with the rest of us.