yeh but there is, boy fancies girl or boy thinks girls are gross but girl likes boy. You know. WE ALREADY SHOW RELATIONSHIPS on kids tv. FRIENDS, family, that girl a guy thinks is cute, those are relationships. NOT romantic ones, except for the girl and guy etc etc etc.
But, I think a lot of us here are going about it the wrong way. We should just show intimacy, we should show relationships, people that are close to eachother, the way they fight, laugh and generaly spend time together. DOES IT REALLY NEED A LABEL?
Can't we just have two guys that always hang out, maybe its like a bert and ernie thing and they live together, as stewie griffin puts it "Just a guy you know! Someone to chill with, go see a movie."
Maybe ONE episode, LATER ON IN THE SERIES when the fans are more mature, have someone ask and they go "Nah nothing like that" while another pairing goes, "Yeh but we havent told anyone yet."
Heck there have been GAY characters in shows before, some anime examples are actually rewritten for you americans out there because you don't like that sort of thing. All I can say is as a kid i KNEW which couple was lesbian in sailor moon without them telling me OUT RIGHT and I KNEW that side-kick girl in card captors was lebian also.
We just show that there are relationships, and yeh, sometimes they are romantic, and yeh, sometimes its with someone of the same gender.