Alabama church will hold screening of 'Arthur' episode with same-sex wedding after Alabama Public Television announced it would not air the episode. - NBCOUT
"The vast majority of parents will not have heard about the content, whether they agree with it or not," Mike McKenzie, director of programming at Alabama Public Television, told NBC News in an earlier statement."Because of this, we felt it would be a violation of trust to broadcast the episode."
This is not the first time the “Arthur” series has featured a gay character, nor is it the first time Alabama Public Television has avoided airing a show due to its LGBTQ content. In a 2005 episode of the “Arthur” spinoff program, “Postcards From Buster,” Arthur’s best friend visits Vermont to learn about maple sugar. On his trip, he meets several children with lesbian mothers and comments, “Boy, that’s a lot of moms!” The Alabama broadcaster pulled this episode from its distribution.
Rachel Morgan, creative director of both the Sidewalk Film Festival and the SHOUT LGBTQ festival, told NBC News she was “shocked” by Alabama Public Television’s decision not to air “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone.” “I was questioning whether it was real,” Morgan said. “It was crazy to me — even in Alabama — that we weren’t going to play a cartoon.”
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