Conservative Christian groups are attacking a video for children made by the We Are Family Foundation. Favorite children's characters such as SpongeBob, Big Bird, Winnie the Pooh, and Barney appear in the film, singing "We are Family". The video was made to encourage a sense of unity, love, and healing after September 11th and is to be sent to 61,000 schools in the U.S. in March.
The Christian groups are claiming that through the use of cartoon characters, the We Are Family Foundation is promoting homosexuality acceptance in the youth of the nation. Why? To my knowledge, it's not something in the movie; it's a pledge on the foundation's website, requesting respect towards people of all races, cultures, and sexual identities. Apparently, even tolerance is a sin to these people.
Here's site that sums it up a little better than I can. Plus it gives some more details like what exactly some of the Christian activists are saying.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...onge.bob.reut/