SpongeBob Creator Speaks Out, "He's No Tinky Winky"

From today's "Daily Dish" in the San Francisco Chronicle. My favorite shirt from last year's election was a bright-red screen printed "SpongeBob for President" tee sold at Target. I wonder if SpongeBob will now find a new fan base in the legions of Morrissey fans...

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SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg has slammed suggestions that his yellow cartoon character is gay, insisting the loveable sponge is "asexual."

Hillenburg has laughed off the right wing groups' suggestions, saying, "It doesn't have anything to do with what we're trying to do. We never intended them to be gay.

"I consider them to be almost asexual. We're just trying to be funny and this has got nothing to do with the show."