Ahh. The lesson Plan:
(You cant have a gay cartoon without a school lesson plan)
(From PBSKIDS.ORG)
PDF: Lesson Plans 33 & 34 (113K) Sugartime! (Hinesburg, Vermont) Spring in rural Vermont means mud, maple syrup, and bonfires.
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"Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has asked the Public Broadcasting Service to refund taxpayer dollars used to create and distribute an episode of a cartoon program that features lesbian parents, saying the subject matter was inappropriate and undermines the show's effort to promote literacy.
The "PBS for Kids" episode of its popular "Postcards From Buster" program, originally scheduled to air Feb. 2 in classrooms across the country, had been pulled for review after some affiliates of PBS complained about its content. It was produced with Education Department grant money from a literacy initiative...
Religious and pro-family groups have complained about children's TV programming and videos that promote tolerance of homosexuality.
"What's at stake is the forced normalization of homosexuality in the public schools," said Tom Minnery, vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family in Colorado..."