Ireland's Unbelievably Good Commercial for Marriage Equality

by Michael Jones · 2009-09-02 08:00:00 UTC
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Marriage Equality Ireland

This may just be the best commercial out there on the subject of marriage equality.  And it comes from Ireland, and the group "MarriagEquality".  Watching this ad, "Sinead's Hand," makes it crystal clear that putting the question of marriage on the ballot is not only ludicrous, but it's offensive as hell.  This Fall, the state of Maine will vote on whether gay and lesbian couples should have equal rights to marriage.  It's important to win that vote.

But the premise behind putting civil rights on statewide ballots smacks in the face of the types of protections and rights that governments - whether in the U.S. or in Ireland - should automatically provide for its citizens.  Watch the commercial, and then ask yourself, "What if you had to ask four million people to marry someone?"

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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