A public television station in the conservative southern U.S. state of Alabama refused to broadcast an episode of the cartoon "Arthur" that depicted a marriage between two same-sex characters, U.S. media said. "Arthur," an American-Canadian series which first aired in 1996, tells the story of an eight-year-old aardvark, his family and friends. In the episode "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone," Arthur and his friends attend the wedding of their teacher Mr. Ratburn with Patrick, a chocolate-maker. Mr. Ratburn is a rat, while Patrick is a long-eared aardvark like Arthur. Rather than broadcast the episode which aired nationally in mid-May, Alabama Public Television (APT) r...
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