Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) told DSTv subscribers in South Africa and the rest of Africa that it won’t be airing an episode of the animated Nickelodeon series, The Loud House, featuring gay parents.

In the episode, a married gay couple appear in a short scene, dropping their son off at a party. The scene was deemed to be “inappropriate” in a number of African countries that forbid the broadcast of same-sex parents.

Gay marriage is legal in Sout Africa, though, and it thus means South Africa has had to be dictated to by archaic laws of other countries.

In an interview with Channel24, VIMN explained that they only have “one feed that broadcasts to the entire African continent”. They stressed that they are “committed to diversity and inclusiveness” but had to pull the episode due to “regulatory codes in certain markets” and if they did air the episode, it would be breaking the law in a number of countries which could lead to losing its broadcasting license.

Channel24 reports that VIMN said the episode will be streamed on www.nickelodeonafrica.com and will be available to watch on DStv Catch Up (which isn’t available to the rest of Africa).