I agree with you 100% that there are worse influences out there. When you can turn on the WB and see gun violence and gratuitous nudity with no problem, but show two men holding hands and there's automatically a parental advisory warning, there's definitely a problem with people's priorities.
As a gay man without children, though, I'm not qualified to say when I think kids should learn about it, or even how. My opinion on that would naturally be biased. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael T. Tangorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:50 AM Subject: RE: Welcome the New Education Secretary (Add Buster to the List) > > From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > We all know that it doesn't matter if someone's gay or > > straight. The point is that federal funding was going > > towards making this show, and the majority of the people in > > the country probably don't want their tax dollars going > > towards "preaching homosexuality". The Secretary of > > Education was just upholding the public mandate IMHO. > > You know it's BS, I know it's BS, but... what can we do? > > A couple points... > > I agree that parents should talk to their kids about the issue of > homosexuality, but at what age? I don't think however that PBS should be the > one to assume what parents want by way of their kids and being exposed to > lifestyles. We need to put the emphasis onto the parents to monitor their > children and find a good time to talk about homosexuality, etc. By making a > statement such as > > "Many parents would not want their young children exposed to the lifestyles > portrayed in the episode," Spellings wrote in a letter sent Tuesday to Pat > Mitchell, president and chief executive officer of PBS" > > Only leads me one to believe that what is being held back is "bad" instead > of being portrayed as a complex issue to discuss with someone who could be > bery young. > > I find it hard to believe that people will make a stink about this yet not > say one word about the TV shows on Fox, MTV, etc that portray half naked > people, sex all over the place, foul language, etc... > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144828 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
