So it appears that CEO Mitchell just can't censor enough innocuous programming these days...

Here is the Washington Post story of the program 'Postcards from Buster' where Buster and his dad visit a gay family. Apparently, PBS received a threatening letter from Bush's new Secretary of Education, expressing "strong and very serious concerns" and reminding CEO Mitchell that Secretary Spelling's department "that the show is being funded in part by the Education Department" and "many parents would not want their young children exposed to the life-styles portrayed in this episode." The episode is about the making of maple syrup by a family with two moms in Vermont.

According to the Post article, "PBS insists that although it made its decision not to distribute the episode on the very same day that the newly appointed Spellings decided to fire off her letter, the decision had nothing to do with the kerfuffle brewing at Education over the episode."

WGBH, who created and produces the series, is offering the episode to any station that wants it. At least SOMEBODY in public TV has the guts to stand up to the fascists in the Bush administration!