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A Republican in Congress wants to end funding for PBS over a children’s cartoon
A Republican member of Congress is trying to de-fund PBS for airing an episode of Arthur that featured a gay wedding.
The long-running children’s cartoon started its 22nd season in May with an episode that showed the characters’ teacher, Mr. Ratburn, marrying another man.
Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO), whose district includes Colorado Springs, introduced legislation to end funding for PBS and National Public Radio (NPR), citing the Arthur episode of evidence that PBS is “offensive to many conservatives and religious taxpayers.”
“Enough...
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“I’m really proud of that episode. And I will defend it to anybody who wants to talk about it.
Why shouldn’t their teacher marry another man? We all know people who are gay, who are trans, and it’s something that is socially acceptable. Why is there this discomfort that it takes a leap into our national media?
I don’t want children or people who are different to feel excluded. That’s not the kind of world we want to live in. And...
