A Collection of Celebrities for Gay Marriage

by Michael Jones · 2009-11-15 21:23:00 UTC
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Virginia Madsen EqualityTurns out that when Shepard Fairey isn't being harangued by the Boston Police Department, or facing the wrath of the Associated Press, he's doing some very cool things for marriage equality. Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Obama image, has joined with a cadre of celebrities to create some artwork for gay marriage.

Maybe the best way to picture it is if a bunch of famous people went to art class. Fairey provided them with the image -- a powerful, fist in the air shot that became synonymous with gay marriage activism last year in the fallout from the passage of Proposition 8 -- and the celebs doctored them up. Some just gave signatures, others added some color and images and funk.

But all of them will be sold to benefit equality, with proceeds going to a southern California-based organization called FAIR. Virginia Madsen's image is there (and pictured here). Renee Zellweger's, too. And Ricki Lake, Robert DeNiro, Pete Wentz, Pamela Anderson, Chris Evans, and Natalie Portman, to name a few more.

Hands down it looks to be the largest collection of celebrities for marriage equality. Sadly, you won't find Jon Voight there. He's too busy hanging around with Rep. Michele Bachmann and accusing President Obama of moving the country toward socialism and causing "civil unrest."

But you will find dozens of other celebrities raising money for a good cause, and sending the message that same-sex marriage is one of the foremost civil rights issues of our time. And that's a sentiment that's easy to unite behind.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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