'Veggie Tal' Creator on Gay Characters: 'Not Bt for Kids'

Contents:

• VEGGIE TAL CREATOR ON GAY CHARACTERS: 'NOT BT FOR KIDS'
• ARE BOB THE TOMATO AND LARRY THE CUCUMBER GAY? PHIL VISCHER, SEMLER WEIGH IN
• BOB THE TOMATO, LARRY THE CUCUMBER ARE NOT GAY, SAYS VEGGIETAL CREATOR
• VEGGIETAL PRO-GAY AGENDA?!
• ‘VEGGIE TAL’ CREATOR: I WON’T SHOW GAY ‘WEDDG’ KIDS SHOWS, ‘NOT WHAT…IS BT’ FOR THEM

VEGGIE TAL CREATOR ON GAY CHARACTERS: 'NOT BT FOR KIDS'

" It sent "such a strong msage of, well, kids, of urse you're fe wh gay marriage, bee there's nothg to qutn about , " he said, which is "ncerng. I told my 5yo that Bob and Larry on Veggie Tal are gay. So I told her they're a gay uple who are love.

ARE BOB THE TOMATO AND LARRY THE CUCUMBER GAY? PHIL VISCHER, SEMLER WEIGH IN

In a tweet that appears to have been leted, Twter er Qun Smh said, “@philvischer was Milwkee at a @relientK ncert, and @gracebaldridge suggted that Bob & Larry are gay, n you nfirm? ” From his rponse, is unclear whether Vischer was nyg that the VeggieTal characters are gay, or if he was simply sayg that he uldn’t publicly nfirm the theory. Tweetg a screenshot of the teractn between Smh and Vischer, Semler said, “LET THE CARTOON VEGETABLES BE GAY PHIL.

While Foreman ma further ments about holdg space for differg views, leavg some ambiguy as to whether he believ homosexualy is sful, Semler terpreted his rponse as affirmg. VEGGIETALES Creator Phil Vischer says children’s televisn programs will soon have to addrs lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer issu their ntent. Lbian sger Grace Baldridge, whose stage name is Semler, was openg up for Relient K Milwkee when she claimed the VeggieTal duo is gay.

“Bob and Larry are gay, ” she said between songs.

BOB THE TOMATO, LARRY THE CUCUMBER ARE NOT GAY, SAYS VEGGIETAL CREATOR

”Baldridge rpond all ps: “LET THE CARTOON VEGETABLES BE GAY PHIL.

“The most strikg thg about that episo of Arthur wasn’t that they thought was time to troduce kids to gay marriage; was the reactn of all the kids on the show, ” he said. Related: Christian activists are ‘outraged’ by the gay weddg on ‘Arthur’.

VEGGIETAL PRO-GAY AGENDA?!

“It’s such a strong msage of, well kids, of urse you’re fe wh gay marriage, bee there’s nothg to qutn about , ” he said. Many Christian parents are extremely homophobic, while others might be offend if VeggieTal exprsed that hatred. ”“The most strikg thg about that episo of Arthur wasn’t that they thought was time to troduce kids to gay marriage; was the reactn of all the kids on the show, ” he said.

‘VEGGIE TAL’ CREATOR: I WON’T SHOW GAY ‘WEDDG’ KIDS SHOWS, ‘NOT WHAT…IS BT’ FOR THEM

’”“It’s such a strong msage of, well kids, of urse you’re fe wh gay marriage, bee there’s nothg to qutn about , ” Vischer ntued. When the PBS Kids TV show “Arthur” featured a homosexual “weddg” earlier this sprg, he said, was a “shot heard through the Christian parentg world. The surprise homosexual “weddg” episo on the tax-fund work had the third-gra stunts reactg to their teacher’s same-sex “marriage” a nonchalant fashn, and ed ntroversy.

“The most strikg thg about that episo of Arthur wasn’t that they thought was time to troduce kids to gay 'marriage'; was the reactn of all the kids on the show, ” Vischer said. “It’s such a strong msage of, well kids, of urse you’re fe wh gay 'marriage', bee there’s nothg to qutn about , ” he add. Out Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber as a gay uple and make an entire episo about their stggl the 70s and then when the episo is over troduce their new adopted child as a permanent character.