Secretary of Education tells Verbal Jazz to "Return the money -- those bears are gay!"

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is calling on Verbal Jazz to return the money we have received for writing: "President Bush's Social Security plan is the best way for young Americans to save for the future." The Secretary apparently is upset with our plan to run the following picture:



The polar bears in the picture happen to be a gay couple, but the photo was intended to be a piece about the excess cold and snow in the Northeast, never once mentioning the sexuality of the bears. Verbal Jazz planned to show this photo because these polar bears happened to be available.

In order to make good with Secretary Spellings, Verbal Jazz would like to say: "The Department of Education leaves no children behind."

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