Dear Individual,

You state that Bert and Ernie "wouldn't be
voting ALP," anyway.
Are you implying that puppets vote
Liberal?
Naughty man.

I just watched 60 minutes about the Wiggles. No wives mentioned, gay connotations ?

While we're on the subject, I always had my doubts about Bill and Ben - I mean they were "Flowerpot Men" - dead give away!

I think Humphrey batted for the other side as well...

Interesting use of words, thinker 2.

>>It was reported in today's news that New York's same sex lobby, fresh from victory over gay marriage in New York, have placed pressure upon the creators of Sesame Street, to validate the relationship of Bert and Ernie, by marrying them.<<

As far as I can tell, there is no "same sex lobby" involved here. Nor any "pressure".

It was a petition, published on change.org by "Illinois resident Lair Scott", that set this particular ball rolling. In a period of seven days, 1,137 folk had "signed" up. It would be interesting to now how many of those were "gay activists" in a "same sex lobby", and how many thought it was a joke.

http://omgwire.com/2011/08/10/sesame-streets-bert-and-ernie-online-push-for-their-wedding/

If there is such a thing as a "same sex lobby" in New York, they have managed to find a way to shoot themselves comprehensively in the foot with this piece of nonsense. However, having dug a little deeper, I think it might just have been the work of a bored UK journalist, frustrated at having no phones to hack, filling the pages of his - somewhat conservative - newspaper.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024510/Online-push-Bert-Ernie-gay-wedding-Sesame-Street.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Aaaahh, the Daily Mail. Gotta love yer work. Still, it does get the old buffers harrumphing into their kedgeree of a morning...

Pericles

Methinks you have discovered the underwhelming truth.

Long for a world, were such headlines wouldn't even cause a raised eyebrow because sexual orientation is simply a part of being human like having brown eyes or blue.