I'm not entirely sure why Bert and Ernie have a particular uncoupley chemistry, and despite planning on being unmated for the rest of my life, I don't see why friendship deserves equality. It's a different thing. Just...different. What would equality look like? What's the win in this scenario?
Yeah, I'm with ita on this. Of course, I've always seen Bert and Ernie as a couple, though Ernie's an emotionally abusive, passive-aggressive, horrible person, and I want to stage an intervention to save poor Bert, and I feel very strongly about this.
I'm... a little gunshy, frankly, about this sort of thing. Sorry, your friendship isn't being oppressed, so shove it.