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ehlovindom -> Flintstones Are Way Too Gay (2/14/2005 7:41:20 PM)
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It began with the Teletubbies, more recently with SpongeBob SquarePants and now this. I wonder why no one ever raises a fuss about Mickey and Donald running around with no pants on. And by the way, just how did Huey, Duey and Luey come into the world???
Flintstones Are Way Too Gay
By Andy Borowitz
ENewsweek
Updated: 7:30 p.m. ET Feb. 11, 2005
Fred and Barney should be banned because they are virtually
inseparable, are never seen wearing pants and live together in the suggestively-named
town of Bedrock, complains a conservative activist
Feb. 8 - The ongoing campaign against alleged gay icons in animated
cartoons continued today as a newly formed conservative group demanded that
television stations stop broadcasting "The Flintstones" at once.
Harland Devane, leader of the group Focus on the Flintstones, said at a
press conference in Washington, D.C. today that his organization was
issuing the demand because, "Quite simply, everything about 'The Flintstones'
is way too gay."
The conservative activist distributed a memo itemizing over 50 ways in
which the self-styled "modern Stone Age family" series promotes
homosexuality, but left little doubt that most of his concerns centered on the
relationship between the two main characters, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble.
"Their relationship is more flagrantly homosexual than anything in
Oliver Stone's 'Alexander,'" Devane said.
He pointed out that Fred and Barney are virtually inseparable, are
never seen wearing pants and live together in the suggestively-named town of
Bedrock.
He also noted that the two men work together at a quarry wearing hard
hats and construction garb, an oblique reference to the construction worker
in the classic disco band "The Village People."
"Do I believe they are gay icons?" Mr. Devane said. "I abba-dabba-do."
He added that Focus on the Flintstones' efforts will not stop at banning the cartoon series from U.S. television stations, telling reporters that the group is also "taking a close look" at Flintstone-related consumer products such as Flintstone vitamins and cereal.
"We are very uncomfortable with Fruity Pebbles," he said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6934878/site/newsweek/
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