Barbie turns you transsexual- US Christian group

The dolls of both Barbie and her boyfriend Ken lack gender defining sexual organs.
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06-Jan-2006
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A right wing fundamentalist Christian group has warned that Barbie is not just a child’s toy, but also a tool for the “homosexual agenda.”

The Concerned Women for America, a conservative group that “promotes Biblical values,” made the claim based on a survey on the doll’s website, which asked users whether they were “A Boy,” “A Girl” or “I Don’t Know.”

The group claims that the toy’s manufacturer, Mattel, has “overstepped a line” and accused it of joining forces with the “transgender movement.”

"It’s the idea that well, maybe people aren’t born a particular biological sex, or they are but that shouldn’t determine their gender identity," Bob Knight, the male director of the group said yesterday. "And that’s a very big component of the homosexual activist agenda now."

Mattel said the reason for the neutral answer was more to do with human error than anything sinister.

Lauren Bruksch, a spokeswoman for Mattel, explained that the inclusion was an oversight, since on all online polls conducted by the company includes a neutral answer for younger children.

Ms Brusksch claimed that the survey was meant to have “I don’t want to say” rather than “I don’t know.”

However, the fundamentalist group has urged its members and supporters to boycott Barbie and other Mattel products as a result of what it claims is Mattel’s “very dangerous” approach.

The dolls of both Barbie and her boyfriend Ken lack gender defining sexual organs.

Okay. Christian groups officially hate everything. Soon, they will be bashing Jesus.

Next thing you know they will go after the Rubix Cube, because the colors promote homosexuality.

why don't the GOOD guys form some kind of lobby group? Since it's for a just cause it wouldn't really be "sinking to their level". But if some organisation where to shout at the top of their voices about fundies as much as fundies shout about them, I think they'd give fundies a good run for their money.

There doesn't need to be a lobbyist group to oppose these people, because anyone with half a brain can use his common sense to realize that these people are idiots who are not to be listened to or taken seriously. They have no power, only a soapbox to shout from.

Actually, they do have a certain amount of power, and interfere with things on a regular basis. It's only very recently that people are stopping to listen to them. Lobby groups do tons of damage.

If they didn't have power, why did Mattel practically have to apologise?

Wow.
Some people are just plain STUPID.

Well said.

Some of them believe what those people are saying, others believe this is representative of even a minority of Christians.

It's a toy.

I repeat, IT IS A TOY.

Actually all this is based on an answer to the survey on the company's website...

I can't stand people like this... they give Christians a bad name. Argle. I agree with Strong Rad: just because they say they're Christian, doesn't mean they are.

That's funny man.

I'm always wondering how the crazy christians are always the ones one TV or in the news saying what's right and wrong.

I can see it in the headlines now...

"In the news today, a local Christian, Bob Bobberson, has sued the company in charge of Barney. Bobberson had this to say, "Barney is a male dinosaur, yet his color is purple. This can only show that barney is a maniac!!!!!!"

The lawsuit will be observed by the supreme court next week.

Look. You can't judge all Christians by the marker of a few Barbie-bashers. You can't even judge all conservative Christians by the Barbie-bashers.

That'd be like me judging all vocal atheists by this guy.