all the fucking shit on tv and this is what they decide kids shouldnt see?!?!
this from the ohiovalleypoly yahoo group. the show "postcards from buster" is apparently somehow related to the old arthur books that were read to me as a kid, i lost that part of the email, sorry.
****Subject: PBS Kids' Show Pulled
--- Original message ---
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.****
****Subject: PBS Kids' Show Pulled
--- Original message ---
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.****