Thread: Education Secretary takes stand for your family; bombarded by homosexual activists

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, in her first day on the job, told Public Broadcasting System officials that a cartoon promoting the homosexual lifestyle should not be broadcast on their tax-supported stations.
She said that many parents would not want their children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle.
A spokesman for PBS said that the government-funded network had agreed not to air the cartoon. "Postcards From Buster" shows the title character, an animated bunny, on a trip to Vermont, a state that recognizes homosexual civil unions. The episode included two lesbian couples.
Spellings told PBS (1) that her department's seal or any statement linking the department to the show be removed, (2) that PBS notify its member stations the nature of the show, and (3) that a refund "in the interest of avoiding embroiling the Ready-to-Learn program in a controversy that will only hurt it."
PBS, unlike other non-commercial stations, receives hundreds of millions of tax dollars. Other non-commercial stations depend on their listeners for financial support. PBS's viewing audience is basically affluent and well educated, but give only a small amount to support PBS.
Secretary Spellings has been ridiculed in the media and bombarded by the homosexual community because of her stand. The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest homosexual activist organization, blasted Spellings for criticizing the episode.
HRC's Winnie Stachelberg said, "The secretary's first act in office denies children an education about the diversity of American families. Teaching children about respect for differences promotes tolerance of their fellow human beings."

To view Dr. Wildmon's 45-second introductory video: http://www.afa.net/videos/don.wmv

Why doesn't the government just not fund broadcasting networks, and then let people do with their own businesses as they wish?

There's an idea.

Some PBS stations said they would run the sodomite garbage. Of course, Bush the anti-Christian won't offer any protest.

The kid that lives on the maple syrup farm has too mothers. Aaaaggghhhh! Lesbians! Run for the hills children. You might catch it!

Thanks Margaret. For a second there I was worried that my child might actually learn tolerance and understanding. Thank God we have MTV to teach my kids about sexuality.

Originally Posted by Forty3HoDown

The kid that lives on the maple syrup farm has too mothers. Aaaaggghhhh! Lesbians! Run for the hills children. You might catch it!

Thanks Margaret. For a second there I was worried that my child might actually learn tolerance and understanding. Thank God we have MTV to teach my kids about sexuality.

Are God forbid parents do the job? Or maybe the kid down the street seems to be more traditional.

The Tennessean Man

Originally Posted by Tennessean Man

Are God forbid parents do the job? Or maybe the kid down the street seems to be more traditional.

The Tennessean Man

No one is stopping parents from teaching their kids anything. My point was that there are a lot more important things on television for parents and the education secretary to worry about besides a cartoon character with two mothers. I mean it is a reality. It's not like homosexuality is imagined. Oh wait, I forgot that religious fundamentalists believe that homosexuality is imagined.

Originally Posted by Forty3HoDown

No one is stopping parents from teaching their kids anything. My point was that there are a lot more important things on television for parents and the education secretary to worry about besides a cartoon character with two mothers. I mean it is a reality. It's not like homosexuality is imagined. Oh wait, I forgot that religious fundamentalists believe that homosexuality is imagined.

Originally Posted by Forty3HoDown

The kid that lives on the maple syrup farm has too mothers. Aaaaggghhhh! Lesbians! Run for the hills children. You might catch it!

Thanks Margaret. For a second there I was worried that my child might actually learn tolerance and understanding. Thank God we have MTV to teach my kids about sexuality.

Out of curiosity...do you know anything about "Postcards from Buster" and what age demographic it is geared to? "Postcards from Buster" is part of the "Arther" cartoon series, which is geared for pre-schoolers. Surely, you know the difference between a pre-school demographic (PBS Kids) and a teen demographic (MTV). The standards are not the same.

This show is produced by WGBH which is located in, you guessed it, Boston. That says a lot right there.

Ben

Originally Posted by Benjamin

This show is produced by WGBH which is located in, you guessed it, Boston. That says a lot right there.

Ben

Sure does....

I will be eternally grateful that we had GW as President when all of this gay propaganda became en vogue...

I mean, come on, what in the world does a six year old need to learn about lesbians? How are parents supposed to answer their 5 year old when they ask why the boy on TV has 2 mommies?

GMAB...

Personally, I do not feel like I have the right to tell anyone who they can or cannot be attracted to, but it is totally ridiculous to expect me, as a taxpayer, to fund the indoctrination of pre-schoolers into the homosexual rights crowd...

I hope the Secretary decides to yank this show off the air all together...

Originally Posted by Forty3HoDown

No one is stopping parents from teaching their kids anything. My point was that there are a lot more important things on television for parents and the education secretary to worry about besides a cartoon character with two mothers. I mean it is a reality. It's not like homosexuality is imagined. Oh wait, I forgot that religious fundamentalists believe that homosexuality is imagined.

Not all religious fundamentalists believe that homosexuality is a choice. But that still doesn't mean that I want my grandson learning about it from a cartoon. He barely grasps the concept of marriage between heterosexuals and is at the stage where girls have "cooties" so why bother introducing him to sex?
If a child ask, "Mommy, why are those boys kissing?", then tell them the truth or as much of it as they can comprehend. When they are old enough to understand about sex, they can be filled in on the details.
I don't think it's the job of others to teach children about sex. Parents SHOULD do it, it's part of being a good parent.