Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Dept. of Education is keeping your children safe from Lesbians

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings denounced PBS on Tuesday for spending public money on a cartoon with lesbian characters, saying many parents would not want children exposed to such lifestyles.

The episode of “Postcards From Buster,” which has not yet run, shows the title character, a bunny named Buster, on a trip to Vermont, a state that recognizes same-sex civil unions. The episode features two lesbian couples, although the focus is on farm life and maple sugaring.

A PBS spokesman said late Tuesday that the nonprofit organization had decided not to distribute the episode, “Sugartime!,” to its 349 stations but that the Education Department’s objections were not a factor in that decision.
  Raw Story article
While the Department of Education is paying Armstrong Williams to promote Bush's No Child Left Behind policy and the Department of Health is paying Maggie Whats-her-face to promote anti-gay legislation, PBS is denounced for depicting alternative American lifestyles. And, hey, the Department of Never Ending War is paying for killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of foreigners and American kids. Many parents don't want their children exposed to that, either, Marg.

....but hey, denounce what you want....you will anyway.

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