There is an online push to demand that Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie get married. On a show designed for preschoolers this is patently ridiculous, no matter how nicely it fits into the current social environment. In the end, their sexuality is irrelevant. Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell stated it best the last time rumors about them started swirling about: “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
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