Petition Is Circulating To Let Bert and Ernie Get Married. Culture War Incoming.
Here’s a culture war that’s sure to get people all riled up. Throwing down the invective in blog posts, columns, and more. Now that gay marriage is legal in New York City, there’s a petition going around asking for Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie to be allowed to get married.
Here’s the text of the petition, started by Lair Scott:
We have started a petition to Sesame Street and PBS Kids asking them to allow Bert & Ernie to get married on the show. If done tastefully, this would greatly help put an end to the bullying and suicides of LGBT youth. Sesame street should recognize that there are LGBT relationships, families, and include them in their show.
Help us make a difference and teach tolerance and acceptance.
And here’s the Sesame Street Workshop’s diplomatic response to the matter:
Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves.
Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppetsâ„¢ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.
The can of worms this is opening actually has a can of worms inside of it, which then opens itself. This can, you can imagine, also contains a can of worms.