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An Alabama theater won't show the new 'Beauty and the Beast' because it has a gay character

The Henagar Drive-In Theatre in Alabama announced it's refusing the show the new "Beauty and the Beast," which has Disney's first openly gay character.

Beauty and the Beast.

A drive-in movie theater in Alabama announced on its Facebook page Thursday that it will not be showing Disney's upcoming live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast" because it has a gay character.

The Henagar Drive-In Theatre in Henagar, Alabama, came to the decision after "Beauty and the Beast" director Bill Condon revealed that Josh Gad's character LeFou, the comical sidekick to antagonist Gaston (Luke Evans), will be Disney's first-ever openly LGBTQ character.

Here's a portion of what was written on the Henagar Drive-In Facebook page:

Condon explained the reason behind LeFou being gay in the live-action "Beauty and the Beast" to Attitude: “LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston," Condon said. "He’s confused about what he wants. It’s somebody who’s just realizing that he has these feelings. And Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it. And that’s what has its payoff at the end, which I don’t want to give away. But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie."

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"Beauty and the Beast" opens in theaters March 17.

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