S.E. Cupp Blasts Alabama Public Television for Refusing to Air Arthur Gay Wedding Episode

CNN’s S.E. Cupp took to Twitter Monday night to call out Alabama Public Television for refusing to air a kids’ show that features a gay cartoon wedding.

To start off Arthur‘s 22nd season, Mr. Ratburn, the title character’s teacher, gets married to a chocolatier in an episode titled “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone.”

The director of programming for Alabama Public Television sent out an email saying the show would not air.

“Parents have trusted Alabama Public Television for more than 50 years to provide children’s programs that entertain, educate and inspire,” Mckenzie said in an email obtained by AL.com

The email continued on: “More importantly – although we strongly encourage parents to watch television with their children and talk about what they have learned afterwards – parents trust that their children can watch APT without their supervision. We also know that children who are younger than the ‘target’ audience for Arthur also watch the program.”

In response, Cupp wrote on Twitter: “Because THIS is the biggest threat to Alabama school kids. Not the fact that they have one of the worst performing schools in the nation.”

US News and World Report gave Alabama’s education a ranking of #50.

Alabama’s poor ranking schools have also been in the spotlight recently due to the state enacting a restrictive abortion ban, something opponents of the measure have pointed to repeatedly in their criticism of the measure.

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