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So, James Dobson of Focus on the Family has been targeting SpongeBob Squarepants for being tangentially connected to an anti-homophobic webpage. On Monday, the United Church of Christ responded with an unequivocal welcome to SpongeBob.

"Absolutely, the UCC extends an unequivocal welcome to SpongeBob," the Rev. John H. Thomas, the UCC's general minister and president, said, only partly in jest. "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we."

For that matter, Thomas explained, the 1.3-million-member church, if given the opportunity, would warmly receive Barney, Big Bird, Tinky-Winky, Clifford the Big Red Dog or, for that matter, any who have experienced the Christian message as a harsh word of judgment rather than Jesus' offering of grace.

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[jdm314.livejournal.com]

This is a much more sensible reaction.