Re: [IP] A Child Learns a Harsh Lesson in Poli tics

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject:	Re: [IP] A Child Learns a Harsh Lesson in Politics
Author:	John Adams <jadams01@sprynet.com>
Date:		5th February 2005 7:31:44 pm

Aside from the bigotry involved, this is a really stinking thing to do 
to a child. I believe I could find a hundred bucks or so for the cause 
of sending this little girl and her parents to Washington to shame 
Margaret Spellings as a mean woman working for a mean cause.

	John A

> A Child Learns a Harsh Lesson in Politics
>
> By JULIE SALAMON
> February 5, 2005
>
> For adults, the fuss over a PBS children's television show featuring
> an animated bunny - and real lesbian mothers - was nothing new. But
> for Emma Riesner, 11, who was supposed to be a star of the
> now-controversial episode of "Postcards From Buster," what began as a
> participatory social studies lesson has become a harsh lesson in
> exclusionary politics.


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