Alabama Public Television Refuses to Air Arthur's Gay Marriage Episode

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Alabama Public Television (APT) refused to air a new episode of Arthur featuring gay marriage. 1 / 8
The long-running show has aired since 1996 and handled serious topics like cancer and autism. 2 / 8
Its sensitive, educational handling of such topics has won the show a few Daytime Emmys. 3 / 8
In this new episode, Arthur’s teacher Mr. Ratburn gets married to his boyfriend. 4 / 8
APT chose not to air the episode after deeming it unsuitable for Arthur’s younger viewers 5 / 8
An episode of Arthur spin-off Postcards from Buster was also banned for featuring gay characters. 6 / 8
As were episodes of Arthur featuring cyclist Lance Armstrong for obvious reasons 7 / 8
Doping scandals? Gay marriage? One of these things is not like the other. C’mon, APT. 8 / 8