Ukraine Banning Kids' Shows Like Spongebob And Teletubbies As They 'Present Real Threat To Children'

Morality police in the Ukraine is proposing to ban several popular kids' shows as they "present real threat to children," the Ukrainian newspaper Ukraínskaya Pravda reported on Thursday.

Ukraine Banning Kids' Shows

The Ukraine's National Commission for the Protection of Morality wants to ban Spongebob Squarepants for its perceived "promotion of homosexuality" and Teletubbies as it sends children into a trance and creates "an imbecile who will sit near the screen with an open mouth and swallow any information."

The Commission also cites Family Guy, Futurama, Pokemon, and The Simpsons, alleging the cartoon programs as "projects aimed at the destruction of the family, and the promotion of drugs and other vices."

It adds that Japanese Anime series are also "a clear example of sexist propaganda."

Quoting psychologist Irina Medvédeva, the Commission said the animated shows will cause young children to "pull faces and make jokes…laugh out loud and repeat nonsense phrases in a brazen manner."