For the uninitiated, Buster Baxter is a rabbit. For a while he had a gig on the PBS animated drama series, Arthur. But his popularity grew to such an extent that he now has his own show, "Postcards from Buster" which is produced by WGBH/Cookie Jar Entertainment. The show basically consists of Buster and his father traveling around the United States and a few other places while sending home video postcards with all the cool things he's seen.

Buster even has his own blog to share his travels. Recently he traveled to a place in Vermont where he celebrated the approach of spring at a Christmas tree bonfire with a group which included a lesbian couple. I hazard the guess that the episode was created with an eye towards teaching children about "diversity" in an attempt to make them as "tolerant" as possible when they grow up. According to the not-for-profit organization's website, WGBH "enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives."

The New York Times says the target audience for Buster's show is young elementary school children. But in my experience, it is more like preschool to no later than first grade. My kids watched Arthur for a few years beginning about age 3 and continued until maybe 7 at the latest. This show is for very young kids.

I tried to view the Vermont blog page but received an error message. I was curious to see whether the lesbian couple was emphasized online or not. Strangely, all the other locations worked fine but the one from Vermont was out. I suspect that since radio stations began covering this interesting twist, PBS took the page down for revisions but I can not testify to that. The page was missing when I looked.

According to the organization's financial report, WGBH gets 5% of their annual funding of nearly $200 million from government agencies. In other words, $10 million of their funds come from your taxes. This is not to count anything they might receive from other stations (approx. $40 million) which are of course also significantly funded by tax dollars, to air their shows.

I'm wondering how you feel about spending your money to produce shows whose goal is to teach 4-7 year olds about lesbians in order to make them more tolerant adults. I don't know about you but we didn't even discuss sexual issues with our 4-7 year olds. If you allow your kids to watch this show, you can expect to be asked by your preschooler to explain what a lesbian is. That's bad enough. But to have pay for this privilege?