You think this kind of shit is fiction (e.g., "U.S. Children Still Traumatized One Year After Seeing Partially Exposed Breast on TV") but all the literary imaginations in the world can't keep pace with the pathorighteousness of our country's social conservatives.
I wrote a glib comment about Focus on the Family's attack on SpongeBob, but this situation is something that deserves serious scrutiny, because unlike James Dobson's fanatical ravings, Margaret Spellings' homophobia has traction. No one who has watched PBS or listened to NPR in the last decade needs to be reminded that federal funding for public broadcasting lags behind budgetary needs, and that without federal support, these valuable media institutions would be defunct or, more likely, just as commercial as private broadcasters.
So here you see the depth of BushCo.'s theocratic, homophobic, anti-family reach. Margaret Spellings is not just another undersexed wingnut from Concerned Women for America, she is the EDUCATION SECRETARY. I didn't realize the Bush Administration could tar this office any more than Rod "Teachers are terrorists/I lied about everything I accomplished" Paige already did, but once again, I've been unpleasantly surprised. I can't find any legitimate justification for denouncing this bunny cartoon in the following quotes; the only line of reasoning is that any depiction of same-sex families is inherently detrimental to children.
"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."
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