Hate The Sin, Love The Sponge

There's been a controversy bouncing around in my evangelical circle of late. Basically, some cartoon characters, notably SpongeBob Squarepants, Barney, Winnie the Pooh and some others, are in a video. This video will be shown in public school systems and highlights tolerance...

...naturally, this tolerance involves race, education and, yes, homosexuality.

Equally naturally and ever more predictably, two large and influential national ministries have come out "against" this video's web site, saying it undermines family values.

I see their point, but sometimes you gotta pick your battles a bit more wisely. There's an excellent editorial on the whole thing here from this morning's Dallas Morning News.

Sometimes I feel very far afield from members of my own tribe.