Thursday, January 27, 2005
Culture Wars Busting Out
The anti-gay forces have their panties in a wad over an upcoming episode of Postcards from Buster that features lesbian parents. PBS, in another cave-in to the ranting right, is not distributing the episode to its 350 or so stations after Education Secretary Margaret Spellings denounced it.
Demonizing gay and lesbian parents is part of the ongoing attempt to turn us into a more homophobic nation ruled by Christian zealots. It is great that Postcards recognizes that healthy, happy families come in many shapes, sizes, and configurations. Loving, caring parents should be celebrated no matter what their sexual orientation. There are too few of them.
Buster joins Spongebob Squarepants and Tinky Winky as a target of conservatives who see a limp-wristed demon behind every gentle children's character. Last time I checked, sponges don't even have genetalia so sex is sort of beside the point; Teletubbies, too, are non-sexual creations. Do they think that Davey was into beastiality because he spent all of his time with Goliath?
Homosexuals aren't trying to convert everyone to their lifestyle (unlike evangelical Christians who are all but on a conversion quota system). Those who have had to struggle as they recognized their own sexuality are more likely to want others to find theirs -- be it straight or gay.
Demonizing gay and lesbian parents is part of the ongoing attempt to turn us into a more homophobic nation ruled by Christian zealots. It is great that Postcards recognizes that healthy, happy families come in many shapes, sizes, and configurations. Loving, caring parents should be celebrated no matter what their sexual orientation. There are too few of them.
Buster joins Spongebob Squarepants and Tinky Winky as a target of conservatives who see a limp-wristed demon behind every gentle children's character. Last time I checked, sponges don't even have genetalia so sex is sort of beside the point; Teletubbies, too, are non-sexual creations. Do they think that Davey was into beastiality because he spent all of his time with Goliath?
Homosexuals aren't trying to convert everyone to their lifestyle (unlike evangelical Christians who are all but on a conversion quota system). Those who have had to struggle as they recognized their own sexuality are more likely to want others to find theirs -- be it straight or gay.
