‘Veggie Tal’ creator: I won’t show gay ‘weddg’ kids shows, ‘not what…is bt’ for them - LifeSe

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.

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

So I told her they're a gay uple who are love. 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.

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

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

VEGGIETAL PRO-GAY AGENDA?!

“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’.

“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.

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

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.

’”“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.