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December 10, 2005 - Postcards from Buster

As many parents of young children no doubt know, the program Postcards from Buster highlights the lives of real-life children. The show follows cartoon rabbit Buster Baxter as he travels through North America. An episode of the program titled "Sugartime!" explores how maple sugar is made on a Vermont farm. One of the families Buster meets on this trip is a lesbian couple and their daughter. The episode was scheduled to air nationally in February 2005 until Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education, issued a written warning to publicly-funded PBS against distributing this episode, suggesting that "many parents would not want their young children exposed to the lifestyles portrayed in this episode." Many PBS affiliates, including Chicago's WTTW Channel 11, broadcast the episode in spite of this warning, though the majority decided not to air the program. On Saturday, December 10th, beginning at 10:00 a.m., the ACLU of Illinois is joining with the Human Rights Campaign and others to host a free screening and discussion of this important episode. The event will take place at Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, located at 875 Lake Street in Oak Park. If you are interested in attending, you can get more information from Carrie Maxwell at cemaxwell@yahoo.com.


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