Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Kids Can't Know That Heather Has Two Mommies
How do you make James Dobson tearing one off of SpongeBob look reasonable? Use your newly-received power as Secretary of Education to put the kibosh on a PBS program where an animated rabbit visits a lesbian couple in Vermont.
“Congress’ and the Department’s purpose in funding this programming certainly was not to introduce this kind of subject matter to children, particularly through the powerful and intimate medium of television." [said Spellings to the head of PBS]
Of course, never mind the fact that there are a whole bunch of kids across the country who happen to be "introduced to that kind of subject matter" day after day after day as a result of finding a loving home. You've got to wonder what's going on when the Secretary of Education is against discussing something in a chaste, clean manner with the children of America.
“Congress’ and the Department’s purpose in funding this programming certainly was not to introduce this kind of subject matter to children, particularly through the powerful and intimate medium of television." [said Spellings to the head of PBS]
Of course, never mind the fact that there are a whole bunch of kids across the country who happen to be "introduced to that kind of subject matter" day after day after day as a result of finding a loving home. You've got to wonder what's going on when the Secretary of Education is against discussing something in a chaste, clean manner with the children of America.
