This REALLY pisses me off!

And before you climb down from that high horse to kick my ass, the reason it pisses me off doesn't have anything to do w/being anti gay or a homophob. I'm neither by the way. I can teach tolerance to my preschooler without having to teach them about sexual preference for heaven's sake. The kids that watch Sesame Street could care less about sex, let along know about it. Ugh.

Bert and Ernie mark DOMA decision on New Yorker cover

In a nod to this week's landmark Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage, the striking new cover of The New Yorker features famous “are they or aren’t they” couple Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" snuggled up on the couch watching the news on television.

The two long-time bachelors are wearing their usual rainbow-striped shirts, with Ernie leaning on Bert’s shoulder with Bert’s arm around him as they gaze at a television showing the justices in their robes. The striking image, titled “Moment of Joy,” was submitted unsolicited to a Tumblr by artist Jack Hunter.

“It’s amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime,” Hunter told The New Yorker. “This is great for our kids, a moment we can all celebrate.”

Even though Bert and Ernie are fictional characters, there was an online petition and Facebook page saying they should get married in 2011. The buzz grew to the point that Sesame Street Workshop formally addressed it.

“Bert and Ernie are best friends," the Workshop said in a statement. "They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves.

"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."

To be fair, there was also this article, which made me happy;   http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/06/28/bert_and_ernie_on_new_yorker_cover_for_gay_marriage_a_terrible_way_to_commemorate.html