'Simpsons' Springfield to legalize gay marriage: CTV.ca News Staff

'Simpsons' Springfield to legalize gay marriage
CTV.ca News Staff

Springfield, the home town of television's favourite dysfunctional nuclear family "The Simpsons", is about to become the gay capital of animated America.

The same-sex marriage debate has been heating up the Canadian parliament, but the hit television show will also take on the controversial issue in Sunday's episode -- a move that has some U.S. Christian Conservatives upset.

As the mayor of Springfield says in a clip of the episode: "Springfield: a place where everyone can marry — even dudes."

"I think television is becoming obsessed with homosexuality. In fact I wouldn't put it past people to dig up reruns of Happy Days and have the Fonz come out as gay," said Robert Knight of Concerned Women for America.

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and have characters come out as gay?

:wtf:

:D

...was actually gay himself and deep in denial, like so many other conservative men in this country.

I mean, he's a *dude* who runs Concerned *Women* for America. Very interesting.

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