Elton John's baby is too controversial for Arkansas

UPDATE: Harps Food reports that it has uncovered Elton and his family.
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RadarOnline reports that covers of US Weekly, with Elton John, husband, and their child on it, have been covered up in supermarkets in Arkansas, "to protect young shoppers."

I'm sorry, I know a number of you are from the South, but why does this bigoted, backwards, narrow-minded behavior nearly always happen down there?