{"id":26374,"date":"2019-05-21T08:13:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26374"},"modified":"2019-05-31T05:59:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:59:16","slug":"arthurs-wedding-episode-banned-by-alabama-public-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/05\/arthurs-wedding-episode-banned-by-alabama-public-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur&#8217;s wedding episode banned by Alabama Public Television"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arthur52119.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arthur52119.jpg 620w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arthur52119-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alabama Public Television chose not to broadcast the Season 22 premiere of&nbsp;<em>Arthur<\/em>, which included the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"same-sex wedding (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/05\/arthur-character-comes-out-and-gets-married\/\" target=\"_blank\">same-sex wedding<\/a>&nbsp;of beloved elementary school teacher Mr. Ratburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first instance of APT taking a stand against <em>Arthur.<\/em>&nbsp;In 2005, it chose not to air an episode of&nbsp;<em>Arthur&nbsp;<\/em>spinoff&nbsp;<em>Postcards From Buster<\/em>, which included several children with lesbian moms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2019\/05\/alabama-public-television-refuses-to-air-arthur-episode-with-gay-wedding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"AL (opens in a new tab)\">AL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama Public Television chose not to broadcast the Season 22 premiere of&nbsp;Arthur, which included the&nbsp;same-sex wedding&nbsp;of beloved elementary school teacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14327],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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