I think it's more that they believe that if kids never see that it's okay to be gay person they will fear those feelings as they get older.
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Alabama Public Television refuses to air Arthur episode with gay wedding
- Thread starter Loudninja
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I think it's more that they believe that if kids never see that it's okay to be gay person they will fear those feelings as they get older.
Alabama continues to be crap. No wonder the Grateful Dead wrote a song that literally says to "get away"
The irony is the episode barely focuses on the fact he's gay. Most of the episode is the kids learn he's getting married, see someone they assume is going to his wife (who acts like a stricter version of Ratburn), believing she would make him tougher so they try to get the wedding called off. The end of the episode reveals that woman was his sister and they don't seem to mind that he's marrying a man.
If anything the most offensive thing about it is the animation. So janky...
The irony is the episode barely focuses on the fact he's gay. Most of the episode is the kids learn he's getting married, see someone they assume is going to his wife (who acts like a stricter version of Ratburn), believing she would make him tougher so they try to get the wedding called off. The end of the episode reveals that woman was his sister and they don't seem to mind that he's marrying a man.
If anything the most offensive thing about it is the animation. So janky...
I always chalked it up to they just do not understand how to explain this to their kids without their kids seeing through the obvious bullshit.
PBS should make a version of the episode where he marries his female cousin instead of another man. It'd more closely align with the people of Alabama.
yeah it was aired, but that's on a private cable channel not public access television
Given what I know about APT I'd bet a lot of people in leadership positions would have no problem airing it but I'm betting they made a calculated decision to not piss off conservative donors.
I always considering donating too, makes it easier to say no this year.
I always considering donating too, makes it easier to say no this year.
In Alabama 17% of the state is at or below the poverty line (6th in the US). Its one of the least educated states as well. Alabama definitely has problems.
About like anywhere else, yeah. Birmingham, Huntsville, and the college towns aren't bad. Get even slightly away from those (or the wrong places in them) and it gets bad real quick.
Apparently some church here announced that they will be showing the episode in a couple weeks,
im kinda surprised
im kinda surprised
I hope they're ready for the civil and measured responses that will come their way.
If children see positive images of gay and lesbian couples, how will they know to hate them?
Btw, fuck Alabama. (Sorry to the handful of sane people that got stuck there)
Btw, fuck Alabama. (Sorry to the handful of sane people that got stuck there)
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AL.com: Birmingham church to host wedding party while screening banned Arthur episode
As Alabama Public Television continues its ban on a PBS episode that showed a same-sex marriage, a Birmingham church is throwing a wedding party to celebrate the matrimony.
First United Methodist Church is hosting a free screening of the Arthur episode "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone" on June 15 at 10 a.m. The church is welcoming people of all ages to the event, where wedding cake and sparkling apple juice will be served.
The church collaborated with Sidewalk Film Festival and Shout LGBTQ Film Festival to organize the wedding party. Rachel Morgan, who is the creative director for both festivals, got permission from WGBH in Boston to screen the episode. She said the episode and the event's location fulfills the festivals' mission to show content featuring people who are underrepresented in film and media.
"Weddings take places at churches all the time. So First Church seems like a perfect venue for the cartoon in my opinion," she said. "(The church) frequently communicates to the community that they are an 'open place for all,' and I think this event reflects that statement."