Another one of President Bush’s new cabinet members is already making headlines. On her second day in office, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings denounced PBS for using public money to create a cartoon episode that includes lesbian characters.

In one of her first acts as Education Secretary, Spellings wrote a letter to PBS complaining “Many parents would not want their young children exposed to the lifestyles portrayed.” The show generating controversy is called “Postcards from Buster.” In a still not-yet-aired segment, one episode features the title character Buster traveling to Vermont. While the episodes focuses mostly on Vermont’s farm life and maple sugar industry, the show’s main character does come across two lesbian couples living in the state. In her letter, Spellings suggested PBS return any federal funding used to produce the program.

Later that same day PBS announced it would not distribute the controversial episode to its 349 stations. PBS said the objections from the Education Department were not a factor in the decision. The PBS station that produced the show, WGBH in Boston, plans to air the program on March 23 and will make the show available to other stations.