08-12-2011, 01:10 AM
An online petition was started this week by a man in Chicago on the website change.org. Here is his plea for people to sign the petition:
In this horrific age of LGBT kids taking their own lives, they need to know that they ARE BEAUTIFUL and their lives are worth living. Aside from those that are committing suicide, the bullies that facilitate these tragedies need to learn that homophobia is NOT okay. They need to know that acceptance of their fellow human beings would indeed plant a seed of peace that will reverberate throughout the world. We are not asking that Sesame Street do anything crude or disrespectful by allowing Bert & Ernie to marry. It can be done in a tasteful way. Let us teach tolerance of those that are different. Let Sesame Street and PBS Kids be a big part in saving many worthy lives.
PBS and representatives from Sesame Street had this to say:
“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,” said Sesame Workshop in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.”
I think the whole story is a disgrace to the gay rights movement and it makes a mockery of the goal we are trying to accomplish which is equality. We have much more important issues to tackle than worrying about if two fictional puppets get married on a kids tv show. Let's worry about gaining rights for actual living and breathing people before we get all "progressive" with kid tv.
EDIT: I overreacted by calling it a disgrace and mockery. The idea the guy had has merit in its own right but I just think we have bigger issues to tackle.
In this horrific age of LGBT kids taking their own lives, they need to know that they ARE BEAUTIFUL and their lives are worth living. Aside from those that are committing suicide, the bullies that facilitate these tragedies need to learn that homophobia is NOT okay. They need to know that acceptance of their fellow human beings would indeed plant a seed of peace that will reverberate throughout the world. We are not asking that Sesame Street do anything crude or disrespectful by allowing Bert & Ernie to marry. It can be done in a tasteful way. Let us teach tolerance of those that are different. Let Sesame Street and PBS Kids be a big part in saving many worthy lives.
PBS and representatives from Sesame Street had this to say:
“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,” said Sesame Workshop in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.”
I think the whole story is a disgrace to the gay rights movement and it makes a mockery of the goal we are trying to accomplish which is equality. We have much more important issues to tackle than worrying about if two fictional puppets get married on a kids tv show. Let's worry about gaining rights for actual living and breathing people before we get all "progressive" with kid tv.
EDIT: I overreacted by calling it a disgrace and mockery. The idea the guy had has merit in its own right but I just think we have bigger issues to tackle.
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i wonder how big bird will look like
