# Finding Nemo turning kids on to lesbianism **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599 "2003-05-30T18:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/1 "2003-05-30T18:50:56Z")
So, apparently Disney and Pixar are catching some flak for casting Ellen DeGeneres in a voice role in the new film “Finding Nemo.” [http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/tperrault/?adate=5%2F14%2F2003](http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/tperrault/?adate=5%2F14%2F2003) Because we all know that if a child hears a lesbian’s voice, he or she will want to be homosexual. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/2 "2003-05-30T19:14:02Z")
If it’s wet like a fish and smells like a fish… _hides under the floorboards_ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/3 "2003-05-30T19:14:02Z")
Wow, that sure looks like even-handed, intelligent reasoning to me. No sign of assumptions the size of mountains or “Disney ought to be the way I want it because I’m an American so I own Disney”-type thought. People like that guy give Christians who can think a bad name. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/4 "2003-05-30T19:17:31Z")
That is such complete and utter bullshit that I am reduced to incoherence: … … … … ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/5 "2003-05-30T19:17:33Z")
My daughter and I will still go tomorrow. Somehow I hope she’ll be able to get past this exposure. I can’t shield her forever. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/6 "2003-05-30T19:24:18Z")
Sunday for us. And I’m bringing a 3-year old girl. AND MY WIFE!!! I’m living on the edge here! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/7 "2003-05-30T19:28:42Z")
So that was Ross from Friends’s big mistake! ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/8 "2003-05-30T19:34:51Z")
That same site also contains an article that starts like this: > [@](#): > > Commentary: The Burden of Marriage > Ken Connor > President, Family Research Council > Married couples file fewer than half of all tax returns, but they pay 74 percent of all taxes. While the tax cut bill President Bush signed yesterday offers some relief for families by reducing the marriage penalty and increasing the per-child tax credit, married couples still bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden. Absolutely as fucking stupid as fucking stupid can get. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/9 "2003-05-30T19:36:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jeevmon \* > \*\*Because we all know that if a child hears a lesbian’s voice, he or she will want to be homosexual. :rolleyes: \*\* That’s why I had to stop watching Will and Grace. They almost turned me into one of them thar homer-sexuals. ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/10 "2003-05-30T19:47:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TaxGuy \* > \*\*That same site also contains an article that starts like this: > \ > Absolutely as fucking stupid as fucking stupid can get. \*\* And the award for most pointless non sequitur of the week goes to… **TaxGuy**! Congratulations! …Anyways, on topic, Roger Ebert described the character as a bit of a scatterbrain, so it’s not like the lesbian is using her lesbian superpowers to save the planet or anything that would make lesbianism more alluring. And a young kid seeing this movie possibly wasn’t even alive when Ellen’s pathetic excuse for a TV show finally went off the air, and certainly was as unaware of it as everybody else was who never watches CBS. And this movie actually features a single father who’s the hero, nice positive stuff there. When Disney has an actual gay or lesbian character in a movie, then the country is ready for this debate (a pointless debate, since Disney is a private company who can do whatever the hell they want in their movies.) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/11 "2003-05-30T19:53:48Z")
All a kid is going to see is the talking fish anyway, it’s not like they know or care who the voice-actors are. This is some really stupid shit. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/12 "2003-05-30T20:11:48Z")
I have a feeling someone is going to pop up with some sort of joke about what a lesbian fish tastes like, but I want to assure you it won’t be me. _ahem_ Er, actually this isn’t the first time DeGeneres has worked for Disney. Her real live, alternative lifestyle self appeared in a film about dinosaurs shown in one of the EPCOT exhibits that I visited a couple of years ago. Danged if I remember any outraged parents, or their children, shrieking and running out of the auditorium at the sight of her. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/13 "2003-05-30T20:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > **RexDart** : And the award for most pointless non sequitur of the week goes to…TaxGuy! Congratulations! Huh? How is that a non sequitur? It’s a further example of editorial decisions made by the administrators of _Crosswalk_ reflecting a totally insane, bereft-of-logic point of view. “Married couples file fewer than half of all tax returns, but they pay 74 percent of all taxes.” This represents a disproportionate tax burden? Last time I checked, most married couples had two incomes. They are suggesting that married couples should only have to pay as much tax as a single person, divorcing the concept of income tax from _income._ How stupid can they be? It is _totally_ related to the ignorant attitude expressed in the article linked in the OP. Or do you think that they believe gay couples should get a 50% tax-cut, too? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/14 "2003-05-30T20:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*All a kid is going to see is the talking fish anyway, it’s not like they know or care who the voice-actors are. This is some really stupid shit. \*\* Damn, I was hoping for some hot girl fish/girl fish action … . Guess I have to go see the Italian Job instead. I wonder what it’s about? It sure _sounds_ dirty … . ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/15 "2003-05-30T20:32:49Z")
Five more recruits and I get a toaster. I wonder what Ellen’s going to get with all those points accrued seducing children to the Lavender Side (dark is sooooooo 15 minutes ago). ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/16 "2003-05-30T20:35:09Z")
Wow, gays and lesbians get superpowers AND a toaster? I’m ready to convert now! Wait, do I get to pick which one…? ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/17 "2003-05-30T20:40:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Wow, gays and lesbians get superpowers AND a toaster? I’m ready to convert now! > > Wait, do I get to pick which one…? \*\* We get a wide range of items available in the Sodom and Gommorah catalogue, from designer underwear up to small island nations. As for the second part, I’m afraid the only way to work that is if you also convert to the transgender lifestyle. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/18 "2003-05-30T20:57:18Z")
From the link: > [@](#): > > The House of Mouse – in conjunction with Pixar Studios – is releasing its latest animated feature for children…and Ellen DeGeneres is, apparently, the only female they could find to voice one of the main characters. Clearly, the Pixar/Disney folks just assume that Ellen is a perfect casting choice, and only those in the hate-mongering religious right would have any issues with the selection. > This raises two very important questions: 1) Huh? 2) Wha…? I’m not sure, but I think this might be one of those “Many a true word spoken in jest” kinda situations. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/19 "2003-05-30T21:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priam \* > \*\*Five more recruits and I get a toaster. I wonder what Ellen’s going to get with all those points accrued seducing children to the Lavender Side (dark is sooooooo 15 minutes ago). \*\* You’re just working up to toaster? I’m not even gay and my next recruit will earn me the Jeep. Geez, get with the picture, Priam! _… tlw walks off rubbing her hands and thinking "Hmm, a Disney film. Seems innocuous, but if the very sound of Ellen’s voice can turn someone, I know **exactly** how I can work this to my advantage. Jeep, you will be mine!_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-nemo-turning-kids-on-to-lesbianism/178599/20 "2003-05-30T21:06:34Z")
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