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>From Wash (DC) Post
Falwell Calls 'Teletubby' Gay
By David Reed
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, February 9, 1999; 9:11 p.m. EST
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell is trying to out Tinky Winky,
suggesting that the purple, purse-toting character on television's popular
``Teletubbies'' children's show is gay.
A spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., which licenses the
Teletubbies in the United States, said the purse is actually Tinky Winky's
magic bag.
``The fact that he carries a magic bag doesn't make him gay,'' Steve Rice
said. ``It's a children's show, folks. To think we would be putting sexual
innuendo in a children's show is kind of outlandish.''
The February edition of the National Liberty Journal, edited and published
by Falwell, contains an article warning parents that the rotund Teletubby
with the triangular antenna may be a gay role model.
To support its claim, the publication says Tinky Winky has the voice of a
boy but carries a purse. ``He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his
antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol.''
Falwell contends the ``subtle depictions'' are intentional and issued a
statement Tuesday that said, ``As a Christian I feel that role modeling the
gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children.''
The British show aimed at toddlers began airing on U.S. public television
stations last spring. The Teletubbies are portrayed by actors in oversized,
brightly colored costumes. They all have television screens on their
tummies.
Rice said Falwell was attacking ``something sweet and innocent'' to further
his conservative political agenda.
Falwell's spokeswoman, Laura Swickard, said the founder of the now-defunct
Moral Majority agreed with everything that was in the NLJ article and would
not comment beyond his one-paragraph statement.
� Copyright 1999 The Associated Press
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