Group Pushes To ‘Let Bert And Ernie Get Married’ On Sesame Street

[Dementia_Madness]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/08/10/group-pushes-to-let-bert-and-ernie-get-married-on-sesame-street/

Will the Children’s Television Workshop give way to same-sex puppet love?

An online campaign is calling for the producers of TV’s “Sesame Street” to allow characters Bert and Ernie to get married in an attempt to “put an end to the bullying and suicides of LGBT youth”, according to the group’s Facebook page.

The petition letter adds that “(w)e are not asking that Sesame Street do anything crude or disrespectful by allowing Bert & Ernie to marry”, suggesting that the show “even add a transgender character to the show…in a tasteful way”.

While over 900 people have “liked” the group’s Facebook page so far, the comments from visitors are fueling the controversy over whether children should be exposed to homosexuality at such an early age — echoing a similar battle over proposed gay-oriented curriculum in California schools.

“This is not ‘Desperate Housewives’…this is a baby’s program people!” said one commenter.

The group’s Facebook page also includes a photo mocking Christians for their opposition to homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

The two characters — which first debuted in the original “Sesame Street” pilot episode in July 1969 — have long been depicted as bickering best friends who sleep in the same room together.

[Dementia_Madness]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/08/13/all-left-npr-publicizes-gay-bert-and-ernie-petition-lightly-jokes-lesbia

All Left: NPR Publicizes Gay-Bert-and-Ernie Petition Lightly With Jokes from Lesbian Comedian, Time TV Critic

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/08/13/all-left-npr-publicizes-gay-bert-and-ernie-petition-lightly-jokes-lesbia#ixzz1V63IkWTF

[plumbervol]

JAMES PONIEWOZIK: Honestly, my first reaction to this was that I was glad that they're not making Bert and Ernie a married couple because, frankly, I think Bert can do better.

I could not agree more......