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However, the actual creator of the ‘Bert and Ernie’ characters disagreed immediately with the assertion.Sesame Street Workshop and Muppet creator, Frank Oz, said Saltzman fabricated the story. Oz said via Twitter, “I created Bert. I know what and who he is.” Oz was the pulpiteer who played Bert, and is co-creator of the muppets with Jim Henson, who played Ernie.Oz responded to the claims by Saltzman that the Bert-Ernie storylines had gay undertones with the Twitter version of an eye roll, saying, “Oh come on.”While the sexual orientation of muppets who don’t exist from the waist down is probably a dumb discussion to be had altogether, there are people who really care about whether or not the felt-covered puppets were intended to represent sodomites.
One such person who greatly cares about what happens in the fictional world of Bert and Ernie’s make-believe home is Pastor Stan Mitchell of in Nashville, TN. GracePointe y for coming out in support of sodomy and promised to place sodomites at the highest level of service and leadership in their church.reported at the time:Our position that these siblings of ours, other than heterosexual, our position that these our siblings cannot have the full privileges of membership, but only partial membership, has changed,” he said, as many in the congregation stood to their feet in applause, and other sat in silence. “Full privileges are extended now to you with the same expectations of faithfulness, sobriety, holiness, wholeness, fidelity, godliness, skill, and willingness.
That is expected of all. Full membership means being able to serve in leadership and give all of your gifts and to receive all the sacraments; not only communion and baptism, but child dedication and marriage. The Gospel, of course, is not that it’s “okay to be gay.” The Gospel is that Jesus died according to the Scripture, that he was buried, and according to the Scriptures he rose again from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). The Gospel’s command is to be baptized and repent on account of the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:42).
And one of the things we should repent for, for those to whom it applies, is homosexuality (1 Corinthians 6:11).The truth is, if Bert and Ernie were homosexuals, Stan Mitchell would probably not let them be alone with his children. In the meantime, we’re now discussing the potential gayness of puppets, and this news cycle has reached new, ridiculous lows. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies.
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A former Sesame Street writer appears to be backtracking on comments he made earlier this week suggesting that Bert and Ernie are a gay couple after saying the puppets were inspired by his own relationship with his partner.Mark Saltzman, who wrote for the children's program in the '80s and '90s, told the in an interview on Tuesday that his comments were misinterpreted.' As a writer, you just bring what you know into your work,' Saltzman, who is gay, said. 'Somehow, in the uproar, that turned into Bert and Ernie being gay. There is a difference.' During an interview with Queerty, Saltzman said he always felt that Bert and Ernie were a gay couple. He said he first thought of them as lovers after reading a column in The San Francisco Chronicle about a child who asked his mother about the puppet's sexuality.' That, coming from a preschooler was fun.
And that got passed around, and everyone had their chuckle and went back to it,' he said. Sesame Workshop immediately denied the puppets are a gay couple, saying in a statement they are simply best friends'And I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert & Ernie, they were.
I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them.' Saltzman also told the outlet that people would refer to him and his partner Arnold Glassman, who died in 2003, as Bert and Ernie and he wrote the characters as 'a loving couple'.While speaking with the Times, however, Saltzman said that he and Glassman shared similarities with Bert and Ernie in that they were opposites who found a way to love each other.Following the writer's comments to Queerty, the internet went crazy with praise and anger over the idea of Bert and Ernie being in a same-sex relationship.Saltzman now insists it was just one big misunderstanding.' They are two guys who love each other. That's who they are,' he told the Times.Saltzman went on to say that thinks Sesame Street should add a gay couple, but thinks they should be human characters and not puppets.Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, released a statement earlier this week denying the characters are gay. Oz said he doesn't care if someone is gay or viewed as gay but said Bert and Ernie are not homosexual characters'Sesame Street has always stood for inclusion and acceptance. It's a place were people of all cultural and backgrounds are welcome,' it read.
'Bert and Ernie were created to be best friends, and to teach young children that people can get along with those who are very different from themselves.' Bert and Ernie were initially the creation of Jim Henson and Frank Oz, with the puppets said to have been analogs for the friendship between those two men, who were both heterosexual.Oz wrote on Tuesday: 'It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. It's fine that he feels they are. They're not, of course.
But why that question? Does it really matter?
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Why the need to define people as only gay? There's much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness.' This prompted a number of people to lash out at Oz about the importance of having gay and lesbian characters on television.' Having the flexibility to see them (as gay) was good for me, and the more voices I see CONFIRMING that they DEFINITELY ARE NOT is what makes me said,' one Twitter user posted. Saltzman also stated that Snuffalupagus (above with Big Bird) was written like a closeted gay manAnother commented: 'As a gay kid who grew up with immense happiness from your creations, this tweet makes so very sad. 'They're not gay, of course.' Because you don't want them to be?
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Straight beings don't have to be defined by their straightness because in our culture all beings are presumed straight until proven otherwise. This is why we go wild when we get a hint of gay representation.'
Oz later clarified his remark in a series of tweets on Tuesday.In one post, he said his comments were not directed at Saltzman and pointed out that former Sesame Street writer never said Bert and Ernie were a gay couple.' My comment was directed towards the questions. (Saltzman) sounds like a caring person. He never said B&E were gay. But when others took that leap from his interview I felt I had to question the need for the question,' Oz said. Bert and Ernie made an appearance on one of the most memorable New Yorker covers in history in the wake of SCOTUS' marriage equality ruling (above in July 2013He added: 'Although it doesn't matter to me if someone is gay or viewed as gay, I learned it does matter to a great many people who feel they are not represented enough.'