Bunny's acceptance a threat to kids?Move over, Tinky Winky and SpongeBob. There's a new threat to American schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school , and this time it's a fuzzy cartoon bunny named Buster, whose interactions with lesbians are too much for Margaret Spellings, the nation's new education secretary. Spellings said a recent episode of the PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, program Postcards From Buster Postcards from Buster, also called Buster's Postcards, is a children's television series, containing both animation and live-action that airs on PBS, and is a spin-off of the Arthur cartoon series. , which receives federal funding, was inappropriate because of its gay content. In the episode titled "Sugartime!" Buster goes on a trip to Vermont, where he encounters two real-life lesbian couples, although the focus is on maple sugaring. Following Spellings's objection, a PBS spokesman said the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. network had decided not to distribute the episode to its 349 stations because of its "sensitive" nature. |
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