Anyone following the Postcards from Buster story might want to swing by The New York Times (registration required) to read this column by Frank Rich. He doesn’t think much of any of the parties involved, from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to the leadership of PBS. He also has some interesting theories on what prompted this particular shot at non-traditional families:
“What makes this story more insidious still is the glaring reality that the most prominent Republican lesbians in America are Mary Cheney, a former gay and lesbian marketing liaison for Coors beer, and her partner, Heather Poe, who appeared as a couple in public and on TV during the presidential campaign. That Ms. Spellings would gratuitously go after this specific “lifestyle” right after taking office is so provocative it smells like payback specifically pitched at those “pro-family” watchdogs who snarled at the mention of Ms. Cheney’s sexual orientation during the campaign whether it was by John Kerry or anyone else.”
Rich covers a lot of ground, from Buster to Spongebob Squarepants to Michael Powell to Fredric Wertham.
Oh, and thanks to BeaucoupKevin for his handy word count of the State of the Union. To make an addition, “marriage” was used two times, in precisely the context you’d expect. And, right on cue, the Marriage Protection Amendment has gathred 26 co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate. Find out more here.