The gay teletubby

And, as if any more proof needed to be mounted, there was the red purse Tinky Winky was constantly clutching.

Simon Shelton 39 Teletubbies : Jerry Falwell as a gay role-model for children

To think we would be putting sexual innuendo in a children's show is kind of outlandish. “He is purple—the gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle—the gay pride symbol. 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.

That antenna stuck on its head was shaped in a triangle – a gay pride symbol. A spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment, which licenses the Teletubbies in the United States, said that what Falwell's newspaper described as a purse is actually Tinky Winky's magic bag.

The Teletubby was purple, for one.

I really find it absurd and kind of offensive," he said. The British show aimed at toddlers began airing on U. Rice said Falwell was attacking "something sweet and innocent" to further his conservative political agenda. Teletubbies' handbag-wielding, tutu-loving star Tinky Winky has, for more than two decades, faced rumours about his sexuality.

The paper is edited and published by Falwell. But Falwell saw something off about Tinky Winky, the largest pal in Teletubbyland. Full of Satan’s magical sperm, no doubt. Falwell contends the "subtle depictions" are intentional and in a statement issued yesterday said, "As a Christian I feel that role modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children.

Teletubbies 39 Character Is : First there was a big flap in England, shortly after the show’s debut, over the dismissal of the actor playing Tinky Winky

David Reed. “A magic bag”, the show’s marketers called it. The Rev. Jerry Falwell suspects so, telling parents that the purple "Teletubbies" character from the popular children's television show is a homosexual role model.

Falwell felt bilious.