Who cares if SpongeBob is a homo?

The Family Research Institute of Wisconsin "sets the record straight" on the Alliance Defense fund, the wingnut law firm retained by legislative Republicans to oppose any state benefits for domestic partners.

The decision has been ridiculed, in part because Alan Sears, the group's leader, has suggested that cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants may be gay.

The Family Research Institute's Julaine Appline enlightens us with this info:

"ADF President, CEO and General Counsel Alan Sears is not part of the debate over SpongeBob. What has been referenced in some media reports has been taken out of context and mischaracterizes Mr. Sears' actual quote which reads: "Whether SpongeBob is actually homosexual or not is irrelevant." Release.

It may be irrelevant, but not to Sears.

In his 2003 book, "The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today", Sears speculated that SpongeBob might be gay, noting that his best friend, Patrick, is a pink starfish.-- That from Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Link.