The Lego Batman Movie is being accused by the religious right of ‘gay propaganda’.

Editor of Life Site News John Henry Westen has penned a review of the latest family comedy, claiming it is attempting to ‘indoctrinate the little ones’.

‘It was chock full of pro-gay propaganda,’ Westen said.

‘Think the sexual innuendo of the Flintstones minus the real humor. It seemed the creators were so anxious to subtly indoctrinate the little ones into the gender ideology that making it humorous came as a distant second thought.’

Westen, who leads the anti-LGBTI website linked to Canadian anti-abortion group Campaign Life Coalition, pointed to PJ Media who said there are several ‘subliminal (and potentially powerful’ messages.

PJ Media’s Michael Hamilton summed up the film as ‘orphan adoption by two dads, homoerotic attraction, and penis jokes’. He calls Batman and The Joker ‘star-crossed dudes’.

He points to the running gag that Robin believes he has ‘two dads’. During the film, Bruce Wayne adopts the young sidekick. His alter ego, not wanting to reveal his secret identity, convinces Batman has joint custody with Bruce.

There are also references to spandex costumes, plenty of callbacks to the 1960s TV series, and Robin’s sparkly cape returns.

PJ Media writer Michael Hamilton called Batman and The Joker a ‘he-ro-mance’ of ‘star-crossed dudes’.

‘Few parents and fewer kids will question any of it, because there’s a way to interpret all of it as technically innocent,’ Hamilton wrote.

‘That’s what makes these messages subliminal (and potentially powerful). LEGO Batman makes them seem plain as vanilla and American as apple pie.’

If Hamilton and Westen haven’t been paying attention, it’s not like Batman has ever veered away from being slightly homoerotic.