The Australian prime minister, a resident of
Sydney, recently pretended to be shocked by acknowledgement of gaity:
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June 6, 2004
THE ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corporation]was foolish to introduce the issue of lesbian parents into the children's program Play School, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
The national broadcaster's popular children's show last Monday aired a story of a girl called Brenna going to a fair with her two mothers.
"This is just a very foolish thing for the ABC to do," Mr Howard told Channel Nine's Sunday program in a pre-recorded interview.
"This is an example of the ABC running an agenda in a children's program.
"If people want to debate that issue, do it on a program like Lateline, but not on Play School."
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