Harry Potter and Support for Gay Marriage in Maine

by Michael Jones · 2009-10-15 14:24:00 UTC
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A group of Harry Potter fans want to make sure that if Dumbledore were a real, living character, he would have the right to marry in Maine. That's why the Harry Potter Alliance, a non-profit based in Massachusetts, is coordinating an effort in Maine to urge voters in the state to vote No on Question 1 and preserve marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.

The Harry Potter Alliance is dedicated to bringing the themes from the seven "Harry Potter" books into the real world.  Among those themes include tolerance, acceptance, love, and fighting the "Dark Arts" of the world. That includes the type of bigotry that comes along with ballot initiatives that repeal basic civil rights for LGBT people.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Harry Potter Alliance will hold two benefit concerts for marriage equality, and participate in a phone bank for the No on 1 campaign.

“The parallels in Harry Potter around equal rights, including marriage equality, abound,” Andrew Slack, the Harry Potter Alliance director, told WSJ.

That's pretty awesome. Now if we can just figure out a way to get fans of "Twilight" to support marriage equality, it shouldn't be long until gay marriage is the most popular thing on the planet.

(Photo courtesy of mirvettium's photostream on Flickr.)

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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