[Content note: homophobia, incest, sexual abuse]
Remember that old Sesame Street routine, "One of these things is not like the others?" Where kids got to pick out the item that didn't belong? Easy, right?
So play along. Which of these is not like the others?
A. Child sexual abuse
B. Incest
C. Marriage equality
Did you pick C? Good for you! You are definitely smarter than Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett!
The Pennsylvania governor was on WHP-TV in Harrisburg speaking about gay marriage when an anchor asked about a statement his lawyers made in a recent court filing, comparing the marriage of gay couples to the marriage of children because neither can legally wed in the state. "It was an inappropriate analogy, you know," Corbett said. "I think a much better analogy would have been brother and sister, don't you?"
No, sir, I do not think! You have missed the point that one of these things is not like the others.
Now please review with Grover and Big Bird until you get it right.
[See also:In The News.]
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