Australia's Marriage Equality Commercial

by Michael Jones · 2009-09-11 12:49:00 UTC
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Shelly Argent

Ireland has a marriage equality commercial.  Maine has several, too.  Now Australia is seeing its first advertising campaign for marriage equality, featuring the mother of a gay son with a direct message for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: gay people are not second rate citizens.

The ad is being sponsored by Australia's chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, better known by their acronym PFLAG.  In the ad, PFLAG mother Shelly Argent talks about her family -- two sons, one straight and one gay -- and how they both deserve to marry the person they fall in love with, regardless of gender.

This is one mom I don't think Kevin Rudd wants to mess with.  Her moneylines in this are pretty great: "Mr. Rudd, show your leadership," or "My son is not a second rate citizen...or do you think he is?"

Better yet is the fact that Momma Argent drops the statistic that 60 percent of Australians support giving same-sex couples the same benefits as straight couples.  That's a stark figure, and one that bodes well for the future of equality Down Under.  Check out the ad below.

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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