Kids’ TV rarely shows gay marriage, but PBS’s Arthur did wh Mr. Ratburn’s weddg - Vox

Contents:

• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE
• CARTOON: THE SUPREME COURT AND GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
• MR. RATBURN FDS MR. RIGHT: REACTNS TO A GAY MARRIAGE A KIDS’ RTOON
• GAY MARRIAGE CARTOONS
• CARTOON GAY MARRIAGE

'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON

Ratburn, was gay and gettg married. Shortly after s premiere, the ter epted over the cln of a gay character and storyle such a proment children’s program.

Ratburn om ‘Arthur’ is gay. Do you know how amazg is that someone who’s been on the show om the start, someone who’s a ma character, is openly gay and gettg married on a kids show? Ratburn om arthur is gay this is the absolute bt thg you’ll see all day, ” noted one person, while another joyfully said, “Mr.

'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE

Ratburn is gay, im cryg.

CARTOON: THE SUPREME COURT AND GAY MARRIAGE

Ratburn is gay by him havg a same sex marriage.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

And then there were some who weren’t necsarily agast the choice, but were nfed as to why a gay character was “need” on a children’s show. Ratburn om Arthur is gay…. It’s a kids show, don’t exactly ‘need’ an openly gay character, ” wrote one er.

MR. RATBURN FDS MR. RIGHT: REACTNS TO A GAY MARRIAGE A KIDS’ RTOON

I jt don’t unrstand why so many TV characters are gay the days. RELATED VIDEO: Josh Gad on Controversial ‘Gay Moment’ In ‘Bety & the Beast:’ ‘This Film Is One of Inclivens’.

“MR RATBURN IS GAY?? Your move Marvel…, ” wrote Rachel Gie, the director of edorial at is not the first time the “Arthur” seri has featured a gay character. ” The anizatn c “Steven Universe, ” “Adventure Time” and “Loud Hoe” as some recent exampl of programmg that featur nuanced LGBTQ, featurg a gay marriage on a children’s televisn show remas revolutnary, acrdg to year, the s-old discsn over Bert and Ernie’s relatnship and sexual orientatn “Same Street” me to a standstill after Frank Oz, the creator of Bert, nied the character was gay.

GAY MARRIAGE CARTOONS

I know what and who he is, " Oz wrote on Mark Saltzman, a former wrer for “Same Street, ” mataed that the puppets were gay.

“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty. This isn’t the first time that the Arthur universe has broached the subject of gay upl, fact. After all, this is a world where an aardvark looks like that and has a rabb for a bt iend; why would be so remarkable that people are gay?

Fourteen years later, ’s still unmon for children’s shows to feature gay characters — enough that often be headle-makg news when someone out, or when a show adds a nonheterosexual relatnship. Simon senr rearch fellow Amerin Prcipl and Public Policy at The Herage Foundatn, wrote about the same-sex marriage se earlier this week:On Tuday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about gay marriage.

CARTOON GAY MARRIAGE

Nor n one say that gays and lbians are polilly powerls, so one nnot claim they are a spect class. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years 2020, Nevada beme the first state to ensure the right to same-sex marriage s state nstutn.

Vanl, who has two moms, said showg gay marriage on TV is a “really good” thg bee shows kids “they n marry whoever they want to.