Jeb Bush promotes Narnia movie (produced by big Repub donor)

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-10-12/

A Florida newspaper columnist has condemned the decision by Gov. Jeb Bush to distribute copies of C.S. Lewis's Christian allegory The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to schools in the state as part of its "Just Read, Florida!" program. Frank Cerabino of the Palm Beach Post observes that the books are due to be distributed in December at the same time as the release of the Disney movie of the same name, "which just so happens to be co-produced by Walden Media, which just so happens to be owned by a Colorado billionaire, who through his family and foundation has donated nearly $100,000 to the Republican party." Noting that Lewis had acknowledged that he intended his book to symbolize the story of Christ, Cerabino remarks, "What's the state of Florida doing in this cabal of Christian commerce? Oh yeah, that's right. We're opening up the public schools to some backdoor catechism lessons in the guise of getting kids to read."