PBS Decides Not to Distribute Episode with lesbian couples

[KaliTracy]

January 26, 2005
Official Criticizes a PBS Cartoon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (AP) - 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.

{empahsis mine}

I would recommend still wiritng or calling if you haven't already.

[zbdent]

1. That damn liberal media

always fighting to the end to spread their liberal agenda!

[SCDem]

2. I wrote Secretary Spellings today

told her I was the mother of a 14 month old son and was sickened to know that my son will grow up in such a hateful world. My son will not only learn of hate and bullying on the playground at school but he will learn of hate and bigotry from our supposed leaders. It just makes me sick.

Of course the problem with our failing educational system is not the lack of funding or increased emphasis on testing but the public broadcasts shown on tv that teach tolerance.

[Maat]

3. Do you have the address?

And I would love a copy of your letter, and permission to paraphrase it, SCDem!

[SCDem]

4. Hope this will help

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/education_secretary
Go to this link here. I added in a first paragraph to what they suggested saying about the same thing I said in my post that I had a 14 month old child that will be learning hate not only from the playgrounds of America but our National leaders as well.

[Maat]

5. Thanks.

n/t

[renaissanceguy]

6. Stupid bitch.

I hope she doesn't have kids.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/479832

[TaleWgnDg]

7. frig GWBush and his religious proselytizing upon America !

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"I believe that it points up the fact that
we need common sense judges who understand
that our rights were derived from God. Those
are the kind of judges I intend to put on the
bench." - GWBush, June 27, 2002, explaining
his theocratic litmus test for federal judicial
nominees.

"I always laugh when people say that George
W. Bush is saying this or that to appease the
religious right. He is the religious
right." -- GWBush first cousin John Ellis

"I don't bring God into my life to — to, you
know, kind of be a political person." — GWBush,
interview with Tom Brokaw aboard Air Force One,
April 24, 2003

"I believe that God wants me to be
president." — Richard Land, a Director
of the conservative evangelical Southern
Baptist Convention, quoting GWBush on
"the day (GWBush) was inaugurated for his
second term as governor (of TX) in 1999."

"I could not be governor (of Texas) if I
did not believe in a divine plan that supersedes
all human plans." - GWBush

"I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do
hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in
Texas and urge ... all Texans to answer the
call to serve those in need. By volunteering
their time, energy or resources to helping others,
adults and youngsters follow Christ's message
of love and service in thought and deed."
— GWBush, as Governor of TX, officially
proclaiming June 10, 2000, as
"JESUS DAY in TEXAS."

"Government cannot make ppl love one
another ... (; instead,) love comes from a
higher calling, a higher authority; the great
strength of America lies in the hearts and
souls of citizens who've heard that call, not
in the halls of government."
— GWBush, campaigning for president in the
2000 election explaining his "faith-based initiatives"
vs. government run programs w/o regard for the
Separation of Church and State.
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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has a suggested letter of protest to write to GWBush's new Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings:

"Denounce Secretary of Education's Intolerance

Send this message to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to let her know you disapprove of her intolerance. Urge her to reconsider her comments."
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/education_secretary

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