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Buster the Bunny Gets Busted
Topic Started: Jan 28 2005, 04:28 PM (66 Views)
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NEW YORK, NY, (NAMC) Jan 28, 2005—It looks like Public television is under fire by the U.S Secretary of Education and they can blame it on the bunny.

The problems all started after they got wind of a show that PBS had an option of airing which features an animated bunny promoting same-sex civil unions.

The name of the unaired show is “Postcards from Buster,” an animated children’s travelogue and takes place in good ole Vermont, the show recognizes same-sex civil unions. The bunny who’s name is Buster, yes the same Buster that is a part of PBS’ “Arthur” series, meets with real children and sends “video postcards” back home. In the Vermont episode, a girl introduces Buster to “my mom and Gillian,” and the group sits down to dinner.

The federally funded PBS pulled the show on Tuesday when the Education Secretary Margaret Spellings blasted them for featuring lesbian parents. But the Boston Station that created it “WGBH” will air it anyway and are looking to provide it to other PBS stations. A spokeswoman for “WGBH” said that a dozen stations have asked to look at the show and decide for themselves.

Spellings who was a former White House domestic advisor, just took the position of Education Secretary on Monday and her first order of business was a strong letter to PBS president Pat Mitchell, voicing her concerns.

Spellings was given accolades by James Dobson’s “Focus on the Family” which has publicly criticized the use of the “Spongebob Squarepants” cartoon character that was seen as promoting homosexuality.

She also asked for PBS to “strongly consider” refunding the U.S. funding that was used for the show. John Wilson of PBS said that they pulled the show before they received Spelling’s letter and they will not refund the funds but will shoot another episode.

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WHO FUCKING CARES if people are promoting homosexuality, it doesnt matter
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Good grief.....some people need to re-evalute what's important in their lives.
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