Posted on 08/11/2011 11:26:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
An online petition that has amassed more than 4,000 signatures is calling on producers of venerable children's show "Sesame Street" to have Bert and Ernie tie the knot.
The change.org petition, started by Lair Scott on August 4, insists that "Sesame Street" can help teach children about "the tolerance of those that are different."
"We are not asking that Sesame Street do anything crude or disrespectful. Only that they allow Bert & Ernie to marry or even add a transgender character to the show," the petition reads.
Producers of the show say Bert and Ernie, two male characters who have shared an apartment and bedroom for decades, will not be getting married to each other or anyone else.
"Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics ... they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation," Sesame Workshop said Thursday in a statement to The Christian Post.
"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."
As of Friday morning, at least 4,391 people had signed on to support the push for the non-profit PBS program to introduce the issue of homosexuality to children.
A Facebook page linked to the petition, entitled "Let Bert & Ernie Get Married On Sesame Street," had also attracted more than 2,000 supporters.
Comments were mixed on both change.org and Facebook, with some responders applauding the petition's push for "equal rights" and others wondering about the wisdom of introducing sexuality on a children's program.
A user on change.org identified as Heather Davis expressed support for gay rights, but added, "I dont feel like its right to let little kids watch it... If you get older and decide you are LGBT then that is your choice but to instill it in children is wrong..."
An oppositional petition had also been launched on change.org and had only gained about 50 signatures by Thursday morning.
According to the program's website, "Sesame Street" is "the place where multiethnic, multigenerational, and even multispecies residents coexist in harmony."
The show, on the air since 1969, starts its 42nd season September 26, 2011.
aka George Soros.
Male? You mean it isn’t whoopie and joy?
Yeah, let's have same-sex couples in a kid's show that is mostly about the alphabet and numbers and simple concepts for kids. I am actually beginning to hate these people. They never stop. They are so self-absorbed that they cannot accept anything that isn't about them. Go away, please, just go away.
The last time my kids watched Sesame Street, they got bored and wanted me to change the channel. I have noticed that there are more retarded children appearing on that show than there are normal kids. What’s a few dykes and faggots to the freak show.
“bert and ernie are the two brothers who share a room.”
I don’t think they are brothers as there are no parents in the picture and they live in an apartment by themselves.
“I have noticed that there are more retarded children appearing on that show than there are normal kids. What’s a few dykes and faggots to the freak show.”
What’s a normal kid?
And how do you know that children on the show are “retarded?”
“I have noticed that there are more retarded children appearing on that show than there are normal kids. What’s a few dykes and faggots to the freak show.”
What’s a normal kid?
And how do you know that children on the show are “retarded?”
THeis was just a few days ago and the majority of the children had Down’s. Not difficult to pick them out.
Dirty Bomb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215Zr268C6A
Real Estate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f19XWz4VyE
Bird Flu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in0BBxBgTkg
The Internet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmM2vDNjm04
The Economy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHsrUZVmAds
And after Ernie told Rubber Ducky that he was the “one.” What a slut!
Boris? Natasha?
It must be you. No one else would disparage the heroic Rocky & Bullwinkle.
Well, it depends on where the rubber ducky was hiding. It explains why you never see their lower half.
"Daddy loves Froggy. Froggy love daddy?"
Boris and Natasha. Now there’s a co-dependency relationship.
“THeis was just a few days ago and the majority of the children had Down’s. Not difficult to pick them out.”
Why was that a problem for you?
You should see Dave Chapelle's funny-ass spoof on Sesame Street.
Oprah said the same thing about Obama... yick
“I think you mean Oscar’s trash can.”
oh, that’s right. thanks.
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