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Anyone who has taken cared of a child would have come across Barney, the purple dinosaur. You will have seen him in various audio and video cds. I receive many of those cds during my own two kids birthdays. They seem harmless enough. The songs are very catchy and kids find it easy to follow the tunes. In fact, my 1-year old’s favorite morning exercise is dancing to Barney and Friends.
Sometime ago, someone told me that Barney was not good for my son. I was told that Barney was gay and somehow was promoting being gay through his tv shows. My immediate reaction was alarm (that someone is a friend after all). Alarm that such a show would be used to promote something that could be confusing to a 2 year old. But then, I said really? I wasn’t sure because a lot of other parents I knew had Barney in their homes and on their tv and I never heard them say they knew him to be gay.
So I surfed the net and discovered how Barney has come to be tagged as gay.
You can view the article at www.worldnetdaily.com.
I looked at the website and could not find anything specific that pertains to homosexuality or anything similar. The site indicates that the foundation aims to educate people to appreciate cultural diversity. And I guess that is where the buzz about the promotion of homosexuality came from.
The buzz was started 2 years ago. What is left is some sort of conclusion that Barney is gay (the color purple doesn’t help).
Regardless, my kids love Barney and Friends. I watch the show with my kids and as long as I do not see anything wrong with the content and material - the cds will remain my kids’ favorite.
Written by ApplesH.
