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Two Bearcats fell in adore and made history
During their more than 20 years of living together love a married couple and working together as consultants, they supported their metropolis, donated to charities and purchased works by local artists.
“John and I called ourselves checkbook activists,” Obergefell says. “We donated to organizations around historic preservation, the environment. We were members of the Human Rights Campaign for a bit. But we never did anything that I would call activism.”
Arthur’s diagnosis changed everything. Stricken with ALS in 2011 at the age of 46, he was virtually paralyzed and suffering through the late stages of the inevitably fatal disease two years later when the Supreme Court struck down a major component of the Defense of Marriage Act. Also known as DOMA, the act denied federal marriage benefits to same-sex spouses. In a moment of joy and inspiration, Obergefell proposed to the bedridden Arthur, and their journey into history began. Same-sex marriage had been banned in Ohio by referendum in 2004, but it was legal in many coastal states, including Maryland. Two weeks after the Supreme Court decision, Obergefell and Arthur chartered a medical plane
Alabama Public Television Bans ‘Arthur’ Gay Wedding Episode From Airing on TV
The PBS Kids animated series “Arthur” made national headlines earlier this month after its May 13 episode included a wedding between two male characters: Arthur’s teacher Mr. Ratburn and a local chocolatier named Patrick. While the historic episode was mostly praised, Alabama Public Television director of programming Mike McKenzie made the decision not to allow the episode to air on the state’s television channel.
“Our concern is with the subject matter, the marriage of Mr Ratburn and the other gentleman,” McKenzie told The Wrap. “We have a fairly large number of people who include a problem with teaching that to their children.”
McKenzie did not criticize the show for including a wedding between characters of the same sex, but he said his decision was made so that parents could decide whether or not they wanted their children to see such subject matter depicted on television.
“Many parents feel that Mr. Ratburn’s marriage conveys a positive letter that they believe is appropriate for their children,” McKenzie said. R
Arthur‘s Mr. Ratburn Comes Out as Same-sex attracted, Gets Married in Season 22 Premiere
Here are two things you probably didn’t know: First, the animated children’s series Arthur is still on the atmosphere, entering its 22nd season on PBS Kids. Second, Arthur’s teacher — the well-read, well-dressed, well-liked Mr. Ratburn — is gay.
The news comes out in Monday’s premiere, titled “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone,” in which Arthur and his pals are shocked to discover that Mr. Ratburn is engaged — mostly because they refuse to accept that their teachers actually own lives outside of school. “When they go home, they sharpen pencils, dine kale and aspire up homework assignments,” Buster insists. “They don’t even sleep! They just proceed into low-power mode and watch documentaries.”
This paranoia only grows when the gang spots Mr. Ratburn having lunch with an uptight lady (voiced by unique guest star Jane Lynch), who tells Mr. Ratburn that he’s “too soft” and needs to “toughen up.” They decide that marrying her will form Mr. Ratburn miserable, which will then make his students mis
Arthur Ashe
(1943-1993)
Who Was Arthur Ashe?
Arthur Ashe became the first (and remains the only) African American male tennis player to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon singles titles. He was also the first African American man to earn the No. 1 ranking in the world and the first to earn induction into the Tennis Hall of Fame. Always an activist, when Ashe learned that he had contracted AIDS via a blood transfusion, he turned his efforts to raising awareness about the disease, before finally succumbing to it on February 6, 1993.
Early Life
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was born on July 10, 1943, in Richmond, Virginia. The older of Arthur Ashe Sr. and Mattie Cunningham's two sons, Arthur Ashe Jr. blended finesse and influence to forge a groundbreaking tennis game.
Ashe's childhood was marked by hardship and opportunity. Under his mother's direction, Ashe was reading by the age of four. But his life was turned upside down two years later, when Mattie passed away.
Ashe's father, fearful of seeing his boys fall into trouble without their mother's discipline, began running a tighter ship at home. Ashe and his younger brother, Johnnie, went to church every Sunday, and after school they