I showed this to my parents and they assumed the person filming was a girl the entire time. Then when they saw that it was a man and how this couple followed the path any straight relationship could, they were changed. Thank you, Australia.
I have a friend who died in car accident years ago. He had a boyfriend and they had been living together for 10 years plus just like a family. When he died, his boyfriend could not claim his body and visit funeral (because the family did not allow it). If his boyfriend was a legalized husband, he could do so as his legalized spouse. This is just one of the example why it is important and desperate gay community want marriage equality. This is not just for fun.
That's so terrible, I'm sorry about your friend. I don't understand what is taking so long for the gov to get up and pull a finger out. They follow the States to everything, why can't they legalise the law like them
Marcus Lee Even if the partnership is recognized by law as a marriage, if the partner's family has a problem with you, you can either leave them out or stay away yourself. Meaning, no law can fix family issues, because when the partner's gone, you have to face them.
1- another couple being gay/lesbian does not affect you in anyway. it does not mean you have to be gay too. 2- don't use your religion as an excuse because not everyone believes your God and saying that two people cant be in love because your religion says so is like getting mad at someone for eating a donut cause you're on a diet. 3-if Australia really is a 'free country' then people should be able to marry same sex. 4- its THEIR life NOT yours 5- how would you feel if you weren't allowed to get married to the person you love? 6-since when was someone else's relationship your decision?? 7-there are people murdering, raping, killing, stealing, kidnapping etc and we are arguing about whether someone should be able to love who they want or not?? GET A GRIP PEOPLE, LOVE IS LOVE.
Yes! Thank you. I keep trying to tell my parents this and their ignorance and intolerance for marriage equality makes me so angry. So just thank you for saying this! :)
Funny facts: It's ironic that you discuss a lot in this gay video, are you trying to convince YOU that is wrong? Second fact: You have to be truly ignorant to think that muslims are motivated by gay rights only, read much more please
***** Your comment is full of blatant lies and irrational nonsense. 1. Even in places that have 'strong civil unions', granting same sex couples access to civil unions only, and denying them legal marriage, is NOT 'equal legal treatment', it is an arbitrary and unjust denial of equal treatment which serves no useful or valid purpose for a law. 2. Granting a couple a legal civil marriage license has zero effect on what is taught in schools, and regardless, parents have always had the right to take their kid out of any class that might teach something they feel goes against their beliefs anyway, and this has been true since long before any same sex couples were legally marrying. Your remark was irrational rhetoric. 3. Granting a legal civil marriage certificate to a same sex couple does not violate ANYONE's rights. It has no effect on the rights of anyone except the couple who get the certificate, just like your rights are not affected by any other marriage of any other couple. More blatantly false rhetoric. 4. Any laws about people using public bathrooms or showers has nothing to do with laws that allow same sex couples to get a civil marriage license. You're not being logical, and you're just spewing a bunch of sky-is-falling rhetoric. You clearly have no valid point to make on this topic at all.
***** You clearly don't know what the phrase "intruding on rights" actually means, and it looks like you don't even understand what "rights" are. You also don't even know what marriage really is. We are not talking about any symbolic religious ceremony. This is a question of secular civil laws that regulate access to a secular civil marriage certificate and all of the important legal rights and legal protections that come from that. Marriage has always been a civil matter, not religious. Religion didn't invent marriage, it doesn't own it, and it doesn't control the secular civil laws that regulate legal, civil marriage. For many centuries after the Christian church was formed, the church felt that it had no business being involved in the secular business of marriage at all. So nobody's rights relating to their religious beliefs are getting intruded upon because the issue has nothing to do with anything that happens within their religion. It is a matter of people going to the window at City Hall and filling out a form for "application for civil marriage' and getting a legal 'certificate of civil marriage'. People get legally married every day with zero involvement from any religion. But conversely, there ARE lots of religious organizations that DO support same sex marriage and are happy to perform religious wedding ceremonies to symbolically celebrate these marriages, so what about THEIR religious rights? Why should THEY be prevented from conducting their religious practices as they choose, simply because the law arbitrarily prevents same sex couples from getting a civil marriage license? You then spew a barrage of completely false statements about: 1. schools in the USA (it's a lie - the parents can always take their kid out of any class that teaches something that the parent's don't believe in, and civil marriage laws have no effect on school curriculum anyway), 2. the photographer (your facts are completely backwards, it was a GAY couple who tried to hire a photographer who then refused to do business with the couple, which violates state"Public Accommodation" laws that do not allow businesses to discriminate against the public, and has nothing to do with civil marriage laws), 3. The Swedish pastor (he was acquitted and served no jail time, and 'hate crime' charges don't have anything to do with civil marriage laws anyway), 4. polygamists marching in any parade, gay or straight, has nothing to do with civil marriage laws. And if any polygamists ever wanted to challenge laws against polygamy, they have ALWAYS had the option to take their case to the courts and do so, since long, long before any same sex couples were legally marrying. They are separate legal questions and each would be decided on its own separate legal merits. 5. Laws about public toilets have nothing to do with civil marriage laws. Your logic is a mess. You are very confused about the concept of "equality", especially as it is applied in our laws. It does not mean that everyone is the same, or that everyone must be the same in order to avoid being targeted and harmed by our laws. It means just the opposite. It means that, even though people are NOT all the same, the LAW is required to treat them equally and provide all citizens with the equal protection of our laws. It means that laws cannot exist simply to deny equal treatment, and any law that does have that effect on a targeted group must have some other legitimate legal purpose that justifies this harm and unequal treatment and must advance a 'states interest'. And laws that deny the rights and protections of civil marriage to same sex couples fail that simple test. They exist simply to impose unequal legal treatment and they don't serve any legitimate purpose for a law that would justify this. Not sure why you're so concerned about being called a 'hater' since I never called you that. I said that your remarks were irrational rhetoric, and they are. Also not sure why you think being 30, or any age for that matter, gives someone's views any validity. But if it's that important to you, I'm older than you. But what may be more important is that I have had a great deal of experience being involved in these issues of civil marriage laws and equal civil marriage rights. Have you ever actually read any of the court rulings in the U.S. that have explained exactly why laws that deny civil marriage to same sex couples are unjust and unconstitutional? Do you even know what the trials are about? You seem very uninformed about this entire issue. Try reading those rulings. While they are specific to laws in the states, they provide a good source of factual information about the issue and rational legal arguments that have been subjected to logical scrutiny by the courts, rather than all of the rhetoric and BS that are found on various biased web sites and other sources.
Really? Whats wrong with Austrália, Brazil is fucked up but att least we have that. I could not imagine not being able to marry my boyfriend and adopt.
this ad is so beautiful. first saw it 10 years ago or so, right around the time i was dealing with coming out not just to my friends and family but also myself. and 10 years later it still moves me to tears.
To this day, I rewatch this beautiful piece of artful protest whenever I need a bittersweet smile (the most honest smile, I've always thought). Thank you, Australia, for such a masterful, subtle, poignant illustration of how wonderful it can be to seek the "right side of history", and how juvenile and puerile our ignorance of the rising tide truly is.
Comments 2015 You cite two examples of the wrong side of history, characterized by inequality and rights recognized for some but not all... to imply that the right side of history is inequality and rights recognized for some but not all? Well done!
Comments 2015 I'll continue this because your utter lack of self-awareness suggests further discussion will be entertaining. Are you suggesting homosexual relationships carry the same social concerns as relationships established in childhood (i.e. siblings, parent-child)? Are you suggesting that marriage is not based on love, but on sex? Please, take this shovel, and keep digging for my own perverse amusement.
Ryan West No, love, which is ephemeral, can be a part of marriage but it was never the crucial factor. Biology is the principal factor. How would you explain arranged marriages which were (and still are) common throughout much of world?
Comments 2015 I would explain them as cultural artifacts that I'm not especially keen on, but if everyone consents then who I am I to judge. Now, if biology is the principal factor justifying marriage, would you be okay with a law that prohibited marriage between people who cannot or choose not to bear children?
I'm a conservative,Christian, heterosexual.And I voted in favor of same-sex marriage in my state (Washington). If there was one thing I could explain to my fellow conservative Christian heterosexuals, it would be this: It's not about sex. It's about basic human rights.
Rewatching this in 2022. It still brings me the same reaction it did years ago when I first saw it before marriage equality came to the U.S. And it reminds me of what I had with my husband. Happy tears. This was a love story in two minutes. Some things are timeless. This video is one of them.
It's not even 'end marriage discrimination'. It's 'live your life and let others live theirs'. If you let others be free with their ideas, then they will let you live free with yours. If you oppress different ideas, then your ideas will be oppressed by someone too. Whatever you put out is what you get back. Either choose the world of oppression and conflict, or a world of love and freedom. It's your choice.
You're right. That's always been my favourite part, too. I need to research who played his mother. It sounds very silly, but she's the kind of mother I wish mine was, despite the fact I realise she's only an actor.
BREAKING NEWS - yet ANOTHER state - OKLAHOMA - has just ruled that denying civil marriage to same sex couples is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. This is now the NINETEENTH STATE in the U.S. to decide in favor of equal civil marriage rights for same sex couples.
Reminds me a lot when my husband proposed to me 7 years ago. We have done all the same. Roller-coaster. Swimming in the ocean. Sitting beside mother-in-law's bed when she passed away. Except for never played cricket on the beach. And we are using a GPS in the car. We are a very normal and very boring gay couple who still love each other after 12 years together. I hop that one day, everyone could have the same possibility to love the one they love, as long as we have been doing.
This is honestly one of the best support videos I have ever seen. It truly captures the most intimate and amazing moments in a relationship, alongside some of the bad. It shows what really matters in a relationship, not whether it's a man or a woman behind the camera, but seeing that they stick with this guy through the thick and thin. We almost get to know these characters, their interests, and maybe a few of their quirks. And we learn how deep their love is. This is such a beautiful video, I'm so glad I found it. And high compliments to those who developed it!!
I found this video several years ago and have watched it countless times. I've shared it on social media and have even showed it to classmates during a college presentation. It is just so beautiful.
This video doesn't make me feel uncomfortable, I'm not gay but I think every single person on this earth deserves equal rights and no one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or even their race,looks or disability.
To all the people saying its against god, its not about religion, its civil rights, just as slave owners fought for slavery because the bible said it was okay, this too will end up with the rights of all comming before the religion of some. Just like how we look back and shake our heads at the people who fought for slavery we will look back and shake our heads at religious bigots who think their beliefs come before another persons happiness. Its already happening, more people want it far stronger than you don't want it and in the end happiness and love will prevail! Be on the right side! Your not going to win! -Ally
People need to quit fighting this. Gay marriage will happen eventually because it's right and just. If you don't think so then your no American. I'm not saying you have to like it or anything, but denying someone else's rights because you don't agree with them??? What America is that? Oh, the modern one filled with hateful people.
Funny because this is actually targeted to citizens of Australia. Honestly, if you're against gay marriage, you're not human. You don't have to like it or agree with it, but you don't need to senselessly hate it for no reason. Heck, in the places that is is legal, it's happens pretty much all the time. Has that affected your life? No, it hasn't. Get over it.
My cousin Luke in NY, posted this on his feed, and I was in bumper to bumper traffic and it brought me to tears, realizing that I do have family that says its ok to be gay. I don't know if he knows that I am gay but his timing is totally weird, with being the start of the holidays. Brings validation and hope that we are making progress that barriers are being moved. Thanks for sharing and keep spreading hope love and understanding.
BREAKING NEWS - Today, in a vote of 51 to 28, the parliament of SLOVENIA has just approved equal civil marriage rights for same sex couples in that country.
I remember when this came out (lol puns). Watching it again now, I still get chills. The whole thing is really beautifully done. In 2017, a survey was sent out to all Australians by the government asking if they supported marriage equality. 80% of Australians participated. 62% said yes. (For direct democracy, that’s HUGE.) There’s a touching video of Penny Wong in tears . Way to go, Australia. This is how it’s done. It’s also a lesson for other movements about how to reach people. You can’t guilt them or shame them, you have to make them sympathize with you.
It's already happening! :D Same sex marriage is legal here in NZ! My sister and her GF are getting married in 2 months and I cannot be more happier for them! It should be legal everywhere, why should people be denied their happiness? Love this vid.
this is one of my favorite videos in the whole world. it always brings tears to my eyes. this is the kind of life i want. this is somehow my dream. i wish someday somebody love me.
Gay relationships are so beautiful. Two stunning looking men. None of the bullshit that comes with trying to live with a woman. No unexpected pregnancies and messed up childhoods. I'm so happy to be gay. I wouldn't change it for the world.
Lol and many lesbians feel the same about men and also believe their relationships are beautiful! :) That being said, pregnancy is a beautiful thing when the time is right...
Mitch Smith I compassionate You, I will pray for You and all sick with the homosexualism. Don't waste Your chance for salvation, and give up this pervert lifestyle!
"Homosexualism" really? Even auto correct couldn't find a replacement for that. You idiot bigots making up words just to try and make your point close to being valid.
+Fro Ing WTF man. Penetration is the main part of heterosexual sex. Homosexual sex is more about frotting, and grinding, and and oral sex. I'm 28 and I've had penetrative sex maybe 5 times. Anyway, marriage isn't about sex it's about commitment. You're a total fool.
One of the most compelling, moving, and well-crafted short videos I've ever seen. Seeing marriage equality from the first-person perspective may not convince or shame opponents but it clarifies how love in all its forms is beautiful and should be honored.
I guess this would be my first comment ever on youtube after having my account for almost 10 years... i cant believe i just came to notice this add after 7-8 years? More or so... i also think this comment will be submerged in between the 30k other comments good and bad... but let me tell something to the team that came up with this idea, script and video realization that they nailed it... got me to tears and got me thinking... i live in a country that’s way too far from even accepting LGBT persons as they are... persons. Don’t even imagine i would see in my lifespan marriage equality nor even civil union, or rights... but this video made me think that there is still hope... thank you...
Just know that there will always be people just like the two guys in this video clip. Pay no attention to those that don't understand.. they probably have had an electrician fix their power, plumber unblock their pipes, doctors stitch them up, counselor help them thru a tough stage in their life, a taxi driver drive them home after having too much to drink, a favourite sports personality that has represented their country, a financial planner who has helped create wealth to build a better future for their families or even a builder who has help build the roof over their head.... Who is Gay. Think before you speak... Everyday, humans help humans, straight, gay, bi and transgender!! Don't be judgemental.. everyone deserves to live a full and happy life! #againstdiscrimination
This is wonderful! As a straight person I will say that being open-minded and very emotional to things with depth and meaning, this sent tears down my face each time I watched the video! So much so that I didn't respond until I came up with a meaningful reply. I understand what it is like to be different and not a "march-in-the-line" soldier; you are socially side-lined, made to walk your own distance, deprived of the very privileges that your everyday person takes for granted. It is time to stop simple-minded thinking, to stop one's own discrimination and hate of the "other" and for all to really understand one another and get along in intellectual empathy. This is indeed the 21st century; we have technology, the raised intellect, the higher understanding to see that we are all in fact the most advanced living beings on our planet and to learn how to appreciate, accept and take-on new ideas rather than staying back in time, unevolved and primitive. Thank you Australia, my home country, for moving ahead with this wonderful exhibition of forwardness and tolerance :)
I'm from Poland and I'm actually sad watching this film, because its message is "to stop marriage discrimination" while in my country everyone who is non-hetero is discriminated and hated, not to mention the idea of marriage, that is simply a lost cause... :-(
Don't give up hope my friend. There's no getting around the pain of living in an intolerant culture and I'm sorry for that. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice, to paraphrase MLK. Meanwhile all can do is try to find people who love us for who we are and live our lives.
I absolutely adore my partner and would love the opportunity to marry her. I do not feel that marriage makes a relationship necessarily more serious or valid. However, everyone should have the right regardless of their sexual preference to choose if they want to enter into a marriage or not. Please, lets push this through. It's long overdue!
I don't understand the people that are sooo against homosexuality and gay rights, how in the hell does it effect your life if two men/women get married? Please tell me HOW? It doesn't make you or your children gay, it's not something contagious, you know? It's also not a choice, no one in their right mind would choose to be gay, it's not like colouring your hair. Don't you think that every gay person once wished to be straight, until they accepted themselves for who they are and became happy.
It's people who believe that it's religiously wrong, people themselves who may be gay but can't accept that so they project it outwards, or people who believe that if their children see more gay couples around that they will feel that that is okay and will have a higher chance of being gay or coming out. Usually it falls into one of these categories if not more. None of which in my eyes justify being against homoseuality.
Vladica Micanovic Good Point... :) Anyway I think that people have too much time in their miserable lives ... so they discuss what is normality? If they were happy they would see... How Happy they are... and not how "wrong" they are! Concerns me how this people cant see the truth in front of them... the constant projection of their own believes of normality in everyone ... is some way of trying to convince themselves that they are right! But still they are wrong... and still they are unhappy...
I was on my way home this morning and this song rotated through my playlist. It immediately brought back memories of watching this campaign ad for the first time almost 9 years ago. The first thing I did was watch it again when I walked in the door. It was great then and it's great now.
BREAKING NEWS - STATE NUMBER EIGHTEEN - The state of Utah has just ruled that their state amendment denying same sex couples access to civil marriage is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and same sex couples are now legally marrying in Utah, effective immediately. An excerpt from the conclusion of the court ruling: The State of Utah has provided no evidence that opposite-sex marriage will be affected in any way by same-sex marriage. In the absence of such evidence, the State’s unsupported fears and speculations are insufficient to justify the State’s refusal to dignify the family relationships of its gay and lesbian citizens. Moreover, the Constitution protects the Plaintiffs’ fundamental rights, which include the right to marry and the right to have that marriage recognized by their government.
This is such a powerful ad. All the arguments against marriage equality fall apart under any logical examination but this does so much more. It makes the simple, experiential, human case for equality and dignity. I love it.
In pursuit of happiness = permission for perversion. If being a pervert makes you happy, then go for it .. Drug users also use this lame excuse to justify their selfish desires.
Well, this is just beautiful...what love and building a life together is about. As an Australian who lives overseas, this is what my Australian dream looks like. I sure hope Aussies say a resounding and unanimous YES to marriage equality. End the discrimination, end the hate.
BREAKING NEWS - a federal judge in SOUTH CAROLINA has just ruled that the state's ban on civil marriage for same sex couples is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. South Carolina is one of the states in the Fourth Federal Appeals Circuit, and the Fourth Circuit had recently ruled such bans unconstitutional in a case which originated in Virginia, which is also in the Fourth Circuit. These Federal Circuit court rulings affect ALL states within that circuit, meaning it directs South Carolina to stop enforcing their marriage ban along with the other states in the Fourth Circuit. But South Carolina has been seeking a way to disregard that federal ruling and continue banning same sex marriage in their state. This new ruling confirms that they are required to comply with the first federal appeals ruling and confirms that they must cease infringing on the rights of same sex couples who wish to legally marry.
One of the most impactful and honest videos that show we are all the same and we are all human. As a gay man myself I don't feel any different than my straight friends and family, so why should society ever treat me differently?
I saw this so many years ago back in my home ( Ecuador ) it touch me very hard in my mind, now after so many years Im living in Australia. How life can change 🥺
Awesome video! I personally believe if two human beings love and like each other they should have rights to bonded into legal union. Love in itself is pure and it is beyond the shackles of sex, race, ethnicity, religion...
parallaxax There is difference between incest and marrying someone from same sex or different, race, religion,ethnicity...etc. No I won't have sex with my sibling or my parents. I do not feel a normal human being can sexually get attracted towards their parents or sibling. Again that is my thinking and I am not stating its as fact. I have met enough gay people to know that there is nothing abnormal about it. Its their life their choice. I still have to meet people involve in incest sex for my mind to consider it normal. Even if you have sex with your mother or brother I will not come and judge you, like i do not judge gay people for their sexual preference even though I am not gay. I believe in 'freedom of choice' of people.
Rishi Kishore I'll take that as a YES, you think its alright for any person to have sex with any other consenting adult… Including family members. Hmmmm.
parallaxax Aren't you trying to force words in my mouth. I do not take things or believe in it because someone said so. I only believe in things which comes from personal experience. I do not feel comfortable about incest. I won't have sex not only with people whom I consider blood relatives but also with whom I grew up and are like my sibling. I feel incest is disastrous at social and psychological level. But again that's my personal opinion. The topic we are discussing here is not incest but gay marriage. Even though you are not capable of distinguishing between two, trust me they are two completely different topic.
Rishi Kishore Its really simple…. It's not natural or socially acceptable, normal, or what ever word you want to choose, to have sex with your relatives, have sex with children, or have sex with a person of the same sex. If you make a statement like "Love in itself is pure and it is beyond the shackles of sex" which you have done, then this statement is in itself false because there is a vast list of people you should not have sex with regardless if you love them in a sexual way. Hence you believe it is ok to have sex with your mother or you don't. So some forms of sexual love are in fact perverse and disgusting.
parallaxax Any sane person would have made sense what message I wanted to send through my comments. Child marriage, incest damages society. I do not see any harm coming through gay marriage. If you find something is perverse and disgusting does not mean it becomes universally perverse and disgusting. I do not like eggplant it does not mean eggplant should be banned in world in world because of that. If i am doing something and am not hurting or harming other in process, I do not see why it should be banned.
BREAKING NEWS - Same sex marriages will begin in the state of Illinois TOMORROW, Saturday 2/22/2014. The state decided in favor of same sex marriage at the end of 2013 and the marriages were scheduled to begin in June, since Illinois often has a six month delay between enacting a measure and implementing the change, but today the court ruled that there is no reason to require these couples to wait any longer, as doing so would simply delay justice and would serve no beneficial purpose.
I am surprised that MrRepzion has not commented on this yet. i would have a feeling that his video would say something along the lines of "This puts unrealistic views of what love is really like, and would make people think anything else is not love". I love this video so much!!
I saw this video sent to me by a very special person. I saw it almost immediately, a few days after its publication. I remember that I was overwhelmed by an emotion so strong that I could not hold back my tears. Years later, I still experience the exact same emotions. Thanks for existing!
BREAKING NEWS in the state of KANSAS. The state of Kansas is in the 10th federal appeals circuit, and is bound by the recent 10th Circuit ruling in Utah's "Kitchen v. Herbert" case, which found that laws denying civil marriage to same sex couples are unconstitutional. Since then, the state of Kansas has been trying to avoid complying with that federal mandate, but as of today their attempts have just now been DENIED by a federal district judge. Legal civil marriages for same sex couples are expected to begin in Kansas in ONE WEEK, on November 11th.
12 years ago I watched this video wondering if marriage equality will ever happen in my home country. Now I am here to tell you that Greece has just passed it!
The part when the mother looks right at the camera, right at the partner, right at *you* gets me every time because it's when you are connected to your partner's family that it is always hardest, and when they accept you, you almost can't believe it.
A country's government determines the law. Marriage is not owned by religions. All citizens should be entitled to the same rights. To the thousands of lgbt+ people in Australia who contribute to society, pay their taxes and uphold the laws, and yet are denied the right of equal marriage, I am sorry. I was lucky enough in the UK to marry, and frankly I'm astonished that Australia still doesn't have equal marriage. The hate speech going on in the comments section absolutely astounds me. So much hate. Since my partner and I have been married, society hasn't crumbled (unless you count Brexit, but we won't get into that now😉), and our marriage hasn't stopped marriages between straight couples meaning any less. Yep, all we won't is our right to equality. Good luck Australia! ❤️
This is a masterpiece illustration and i can rewatch it and rewatch it. May i ask for permission to useee this video for my performance task in school???
I watch this every time it pops up. Today is the first time I've watched it since my mom passed. If only I'd met the right one before she left us, I know she'd of been happy for me to have found the right man. Don't miss this opportunity.
My take on this as a Christian is that if a country is not proclaimed to be a "Christian" nation (barely means anything now anyway), and there's an insistence on separation between church and state, why not make it legal? If you allow people to get married in drive-thrus by a guy dressed like Elvis than how is this someone less "sanctified"? However, I don't think it's fair to force that belief on others and attempt to force pastors to marry everybody. Many pastors are already very selective about who they agree to marry, and I think in a country that gives the constitutional right to freedom of religion gives them the freedom to marry within Biblical guidelines. Not to say any of the Christians I know think anything different of homosexuals than anyone else - I think those that do are sadly hypocritical and missing the point.
No one (certainly in the US) has ever been forced by law to solemnize the marriage of two people in any gender combination that person did not want to preside over and they never will be. In fact, this is true in every country with marriage equality. Non religious people may, with the proper sanctioning of the state, solemnize a marriage if the couple has a properly issued marriage license. There is nothing that stands in the way of marriage equality for same sex couples but the antigay industry. Marriage equality will not bring with it any obligation of a church or other religious body nor an ordained minister of any faith to preside over a union they disapprove of. Everything that you have heard from the antigay industry that contradicts the above is simply not true.
And that's why I don't understand the fuss on the other side. Don't pretend to be a state built on morality from a theistic point of view when it clearly isn't.
David Caster Not true there have been proposed lawsuits against MANY churches.The most recent one that comes to mind is the st john baptist church saying “We’ve launched a challenge to the government’s decision to allow some religious groups to opt out of marrying same-sex couples.”. Not trying to be a butthole or anything.. just saying
BREAKING NEWS - After the 4th Circuit declined to stay its ruling for South Carolina yesterday, the state took the same question to the U.S. Supreme Court - which has also just rejected their request for a stay. There is now no legal recourse for the state of South Carolina to continue denying marriage certificates to same sex couples without violating an order from the federal courts. Same sex couples can now legally marry in South Carolina as of noon today EST.
I knew it was going to be a guy but I still teared up at the end. Lots of emotions here, and even though I started to feel happy for them, I got so frustrated thinking about how hard it must be for LGBT people to enjoy life and just ignore the false stigma. Everyone deserve to be happy, and I wish ignorance would get out of the way.
More like the first 30 milliseconds. Telegraphed by the video title as well. I support gay marriage. I am THOROUGHLY AND UNSWERVINGLY AGAINST videos like this one.
BREAKING NEWS - The U.S. Supreme Court has just decided that all of the pending Marriage Equality cases that have ruled in favor of marriage equality and have been appealed to the highest court will be allowed to STAND, and the Supreme Court will not consider re-trying these cases. This has just brought marriage equality to ALL FIVE of the states involved in the pending circuit trials (VIRGINIA, UTAH, INDIANA, OKLAHOMA, and WISCONSIN) and all of the other states within those same circuits (NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, COLORADO, WEST VIRGINIA, KANSAS and WYOMING). That's a total of ELEVEN STATES that have just gained equal civil marriage rights for same sex couples.
This video actually gives me hope that one day the world will just see that it is okay to love another person regardless of whether the person is of the same sex or opposite sex. With the help of this video, we take small steps and transition into a more accepting and loving world. Love the video and its message!
It's the same way Americans legally changed definition of marriage to include marriage between different races. Contrary to popular belief the move did not result in a push for polygamy. Just such a gay marriage will not lead to incestuous marriages between siblings of the same gender. Having heterosexual marriage doesn't lead to incestuous relations between siblings of the opposite gender either.
BREAKING NEWS - Today, a federal court ruled that the laws denying civil marriage to same sex couples in the state of ALASKA are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. From the ruling: CONCLUSION Any state interests identified by Defendants are insufficient for Alaska’s same-sex marriage laws to pass constitutional muster under due process or equal protection. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment at Docket 20 is GRANTED. With this ruling, the Court hereby DECLARES that Alaska’s same-sex marriage laws are unconstitutional for violating the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Speaking of wonders; reminds me of a 'riddle' I was told years ago, when I was fairly young. I consider myself a feminist but the riddle showed how (at least at that young age) I was, in some way sexist. A man is out for the day with his son, when the sun gets hit by a car. The father calls an ambulance and goes with them as they rush him to the hospital. When they arrive the doctor walks in and says "Oh my God, My son." Who was the doctor? Now to give myself props I suggested things like his adopted/step father or he has two fathers and they're a gay couple, which showed I was fairly accepting even then. But even when told I was being sexist I never considered that the doctor could be the mother.
I thought it was a gay couple too but I don't think that makes me sexist as I wasn't saying women couldn't be doctors, I was just going to my first association of a doctor which depending on your experiences can be either predominantly female or male :S
Yeah, that's just designed to catch people out so one person can call another sexist. What's weird about that scenario is that the father didn't call the mother to let her know their son had been hit by a car.
I went to a pride parade today. It always makes me so happy to see other people be able to be who they are. I don't see how being homosexual effects anyone in a negative way? I rather see it positive, we need diversity to be a society. People need to stop hating and loving instead :) ! Have a great day people and spread this video!!
BREAKING NEWS - in the case for same sex marriage in PENNSYLVANIA, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., has denied a Pennsylvania county clerk’s plea to stop such marriages in that state. This removes the last legal barrier to Pennsylvania becoming the nineteenth state in which same-sex marriages are permitted. A federal judge had previously struck down the state ban, and state officials declined to appeal. The Schuylkill County clerk sought to appeal in their place, but that move has now been turned down at all three levels of the federal court system.
I showed this to my parents and they assumed the person filming was a girl the entire time. Then when they saw that it was a man and how this couple followed the path any straight relationship could, they were changed. Thank you, Australia.
So awesome!
that makes me so happy!!!
Yuck
Cringe and gay
instaBlaster
Coming back to this video 11 years after I first saw it and realising how far Australia has come.
I have a friend who died in car accident years ago. He had a boyfriend and they had been living together for 10 years plus just like a family. When he died, his boyfriend could not claim his body and visit funeral (because the family did not allow it). If his boyfriend was a legalized husband, he could do so as his legalized spouse. This is just one of the example why it is important and desperate gay community want marriage equality. This is not just for fun.
That's so terrible, I'm sorry about your friend.
I don't understand what is taking so long for the gov to get up and pull a finger out.
They follow the States to everything, why can't they legalise the law like them
That is so sad. Why do humans classify love I wonder. Can't imagine how hard it must've been for his bf.
That's obviously not in Aus as the law has equal rights for LGB the only difference is marriage
Marcus Lee Even if the partnership is recognized by law as a marriage, if the partner's family has a problem with you, you can either leave them out or stay away yourself. Meaning, no law can fix family issues, because when the partner's gone, you have to face them.
Marcus Lee If the family didn't want him there, then that's there right. You should respect that
11 years later, this video still moves me. Still one of the most beautiful and amazing videos I've ever watched.
same
This disgusts me. He was CLEARLY scrubbing a ceramic bowl with a stainless steel scrubby. What kind of monster would do that to their dishes?
Lololol
These comments get me every time 😂😂
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1- another couple being gay/lesbian does not affect you in anyway. it does not mean you have to be gay too.
2- don't use your religion as an excuse because not everyone believes your God and saying that two people cant be in love because your religion says so is like getting mad at someone for eating a donut cause you're on a diet.
3-if Australia really is a 'free country' then people should be able to marry same sex.
4- its THEIR life NOT yours
5- how would you feel if you weren't allowed to get married to the person you love?
6-since when was someone else's relationship your decision??
7-there are people murdering, raping, killing, stealing, kidnapping etc and we are arguing about whether someone should be able to love who they want or not??
GET A GRIP PEOPLE, LOVE IS LOVE.
+fairy floss i'm not worthy, i'm not worthy. hahaha great thoughts. hello from Mexico
Yes! Thank you. I keep trying to tell my parents this and their ignorance and intolerance for marriage equality makes me so angry. So just thank you for saying this! :)
Funny facts: It's ironic that you discuss a lot in this gay video, are you trying to convince YOU that is wrong? Second fact: You have to be truly ignorant to think that muslims are motivated by gay rights only, read much more please
Yes, i'm talking to you, my phone did not tag you
makka y still not convincing anyone, are you saying that victims are guilty of their own attacks? because they are minorities?
My eyes tear up every time I see this.
It's so sweet
***** Your comment is full of blatant lies and irrational nonsense.
1. Even in places that have 'strong civil unions', granting same sex couples access to civil unions only, and denying them legal marriage, is NOT 'equal legal treatment', it is an arbitrary and unjust denial of equal treatment which serves no useful or valid purpose for a law.
2. Granting a couple a legal civil marriage license has zero effect on what is taught in schools, and regardless, parents have always had the right to take their kid out of any class that might teach something they feel goes against their beliefs anyway, and this has been true since long before any same sex couples were legally marrying. Your remark was irrational rhetoric.
3. Granting a legal civil marriage certificate to a same sex couple does not violate ANYONE's rights. It has no effect on the rights of anyone except the couple who get the certificate, just like your rights are not affected by any other marriage of any other couple. More blatantly false rhetoric.
4. Any laws about people using public bathrooms or showers has nothing to do with laws that allow same sex couples to get a civil marriage license. You're not being logical, and you're just spewing a bunch of sky-is-falling rhetoric.
You clearly have no valid point to make on this topic at all.
***** You clearly don't know what the phrase "intruding on rights" actually means, and it looks like you don't even understand what "rights" are. You also don't even know what marriage really is. We are not talking about any symbolic religious ceremony. This is a question of secular civil laws that regulate access to a secular civil marriage certificate and all of the important legal rights and legal protections that come from that.
Marriage has always been a civil matter, not religious. Religion didn't invent marriage, it doesn't own it, and it doesn't control the secular civil laws that regulate legal, civil marriage. For many centuries after the Christian church was formed, the church felt that it had no business being involved in the secular business of marriage at all. So nobody's rights relating to their religious beliefs are getting intruded upon because the issue has nothing to do with anything that happens within their religion. It is a matter of people going to the window at City Hall and filling out a form for "application for civil marriage' and getting a legal 'certificate of civil marriage'. People get legally married every day with zero involvement from any religion.
But conversely, there ARE lots of religious organizations that DO support same sex marriage and are happy to perform religious wedding ceremonies to symbolically celebrate these marriages, so what about THEIR religious rights? Why should THEY be prevented from conducting their religious practices as they choose, simply because the law arbitrarily prevents same sex couples from getting a civil marriage license?
You then spew a barrage of completely false statements about:
1. schools in the USA (it's a lie - the parents can always take their kid out of any class that teaches something that the parent's don't believe in, and civil marriage laws have no effect on school curriculum anyway),
2. the photographer (your facts are completely backwards, it was a GAY couple who tried to hire a photographer who then refused to do business with the couple, which violates state"Public Accommodation" laws that do not allow businesses to discriminate against the public, and has nothing to do with civil marriage laws),
3. The Swedish pastor (he was acquitted and served no jail time, and 'hate crime' charges don't have anything to do with civil marriage laws anyway),
4. polygamists marching in any parade, gay or straight, has nothing to do with civil marriage laws. And if any polygamists ever wanted to challenge laws against polygamy, they have ALWAYS had the option to take their case to the courts and do so, since long, long before any same sex couples were legally marrying. They are separate legal questions and each would be decided on its own separate legal merits.
5. Laws about public toilets have nothing to do with civil marriage laws. Your logic is a mess.
You are very confused about the concept of "equality", especially as it is applied in our laws. It does not mean that everyone is the same, or that everyone must be the same in order to avoid being targeted and harmed by our laws. It means just the opposite. It means that, even though people are NOT all the same, the LAW is required to treat them equally and provide all citizens with the equal protection of our laws. It means that laws cannot exist simply to deny equal treatment, and any law that does have that effect on a targeted group must have some other legitimate legal purpose that justifies this harm and unequal treatment and must advance a 'states interest'. And laws that deny the rights and protections of civil marriage to same sex couples fail that simple test. They exist simply to impose unequal legal treatment and they don't serve any legitimate purpose for a law that would justify this.
Not sure why you're so concerned about being called a 'hater' since I never called you that. I said that your remarks were irrational rhetoric, and they are. Also not sure why you think being 30, or any age for that matter, gives someone's views any validity. But if it's that important to you, I'm older than you. But what may be more important is that I have had a great deal of experience being involved in these issues of civil marriage laws and equal civil marriage rights.
Have you ever actually read any of the court rulings in the U.S. that have explained exactly why laws that deny civil marriage to same sex couples are unjust and unconstitutional? Do you even know what the trials are about? You seem very uninformed about this entire issue. Try reading those rulings. While they are specific to laws in the states, they provide a good source of factual information about the issue and rational legal arguments that have been subjected to logical scrutiny by the courts, rather than all of the rhetoric and BS that are found on various biased web sites and other sources.
Hahah I have to agree! The song is so beautiful on top of a perfect message. This video speaks so much louder than words!
Me too!!
I can't believe this ad was five years ago, and marriage equality is STILL not a thing in Australia! Come on, let's do it! It's time!
Y'all are almost there. Good luck!
Jumeaux Elaine it is now! Gooooo Australia 💗
Really? Whats wrong with Austrália, Brazil is fucked up but att least we have that. I could not imagine not being able to marry my boyfriend and adopt.
@@DovahElioth Australia got it late 2017 so it's mostly fixed now
It's been 3 more years. Is it a thing yet???
this ad is so beautiful. first saw it 10 years ago or so, right around the time i was dealing with coming out not just to my friends and family but also myself. and 10 years later it still moves me to tears.
To this day, I rewatch this beautiful piece of artful protest whenever I need a bittersweet smile (the most honest smile, I've always thought). Thank you, Australia, for such a masterful, subtle, poignant illustration of how wonderful it can be to seek the "right side of history", and how juvenile and puerile our ignorance of the rising tide truly is.
+Ryan West I wonder how many times people have been on the right side of history before it ended? 1933--45, 1917--89.
Comments 2015
You cite two examples of the wrong side of history, characterized by inequality and rights recognized for some but not all... to imply that the right side of history is inequality and rights recognized for some but not all? Well done!
Comments 2015
I'll continue this because your utter lack of self-awareness suggests further discussion will be entertaining. Are you suggesting homosexual relationships carry the same social concerns as relationships established in childhood (i.e. siblings, parent-child)? Are you suggesting that marriage is not based on love, but on sex? Please, take this shovel, and keep digging for my own perverse amusement.
Ryan West No, love, which is ephemeral, can be a part of marriage but it was never the crucial factor. Biology is the principal factor. How would you explain arranged marriages which were (and still are) common throughout much of world?
Comments 2015
I would explain them as cultural artifacts that I'm not especially keen on, but if everyone consents then who I am I to judge. Now, if biology is the principal factor justifying marriage, would you be okay with a law that prohibited marriage between people who cannot or choose not to bear children?
I'm a conservative,Christian, heterosexual.And I voted in favor of same-sex marriage in my state (Washington). If there was one thing I could explain to my fellow conservative Christian heterosexuals, it would be this: It's not about sex. It's about basic human rights.
Yes they have a right to be perverted, and I have a right to disagree with them.
Brian B. Mann thanks brian....
Rewatching this in 2022. It still brings me the same reaction it did years ago when I first saw it before marriage equality came to the U.S. And it reminds me of what I had with my husband. Happy tears. This was a love story in two minutes. Some things are timeless. This video is one of them.
It's not even 'end marriage discrimination'. It's 'live your life and let others live theirs'. If you let others be free with their ideas, then they will let you live free with yours. If you oppress different ideas, then your ideas will be oppressed by someone too.
Whatever you put out is what you get back. Either choose the world of oppression and conflict, or a world of love and freedom. It's your choice.
The more you focus on civil rights issues, the more you have to listen to about oppression and conflict.
I'm a straight guy and this nearly brought me to tears of joy.
The part that makes me cry is when he visits his parents, the feels.
***** Exactly!
You're right. That's always been my favourite part, too. I need to research who played his mother. It sounds very silly, but she's the kind of mother I wish mine was, despite the fact I realise she's only an actor.
When you find out please tell me :)
BREAKING NEWS - yet ANOTHER state - OKLAHOMA - has just ruled that denying civil marriage to same sex couples is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. This is now the NINETEENTH STATE in the U.S. to decide in favor of equal civil marriage rights for same sex couples.
Reminds me a lot when my husband proposed to me 7 years ago. We have done all the same. Roller-coaster. Swimming in the ocean. Sitting beside mother-in-law's bed when she passed away.
Except for never played cricket on the beach. And we are using a GPS in the car.
We are a very normal and very boring gay couple who still love each other after 12 years together. I hop that one day, everyone could have the same possibility to love the one they love, as long as we have been doing.
It's amazing, I am both happy for you and completely bored with your post at the same time.
4 years later, having watched it dozens of times, it still makes me cry.
I still watch this from time to time. It give me hope ..makes me cry every time.
Me too.
I have it in my "Gay, gay, GAY-playlist" where all these joy bringing videos belong😍🌈❤️ #loveislove
@@suzawilo can you share your list please?
Thanks 😊
Best commercial ever!
Share it with anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but without the spoiler alert!
I knew what the video was before it got to the end, Still makes me teary everytime.
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST SEE THE HAPPINESS THAT ONE COUPLE CAN HAVE.
Haters aren't happy and misery loves company.
They are sad and lonely and have nothing else to do
This is honestly one of the best support videos I have ever seen. It truly captures the most intimate and amazing moments in a relationship, alongside some of the bad. It shows what really matters in a relationship, not whether it's a man or a woman behind the camera, but seeing that they stick with this guy through the thick and thin. We almost get to know these characters, their interests, and maybe a few of their quirks. And we learn how deep their love is.
This is such a beautiful video, I'm so glad I found it. And high compliments to those who developed it!!
I found this video several years ago and have watched it countless times. I've shared it on social media and have even showed it to classmates during a college presentation. It is just so beautiful.
This video helped me come out to my anti gay parents in the southern US years ago. Thank you. My life has been so much better since.
This video doesn't make me feel uncomfortable, I'm not gay but I think every single person on this earth deserves equal rights and no one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or even their race,looks or disability.
To all the people saying its against god, its not about religion, its civil rights, just as slave owners fought for slavery because the bible said it was okay, this too will end up with the rights of all comming before the religion of some. Just like how we look back and shake our heads at the people who fought for slavery we will look back and shake our heads at religious bigots who think their beliefs come before another persons happiness. Its already happening, more people want it far stronger than you don't want it and in the end happiness and love will prevail! Be on the right side! Your not going to win! -Ally
Dont you love it when a good looking guy turns outs to be gay. I just love it means less competition.
Nothing like winning by W.O
Anderson Andrighi Lol what is "W.O"?
Without Opponent
Excellent
People need to quit fighting this. Gay marriage will happen eventually because it's right and just. If you don't think so then your no American. I'm not saying you have to like it or anything, but denying someone else's rights because you don't agree with them??? What America is that? Oh, the modern one filled with hateful people.
Funny because this is actually targeted to citizens of Australia. Honestly, if you're against gay marriage, you're not human. You don't have to like it or agree with it, but you don't need to senselessly hate it for no reason. Heck, in the places that is is legal, it's happens pretty much all the time. Has that affected your life? No, it hasn't. Get over it.
Michael L. Bowie Exactly, well said. Although that is funny this is for Australia.
Jerry Johnson Why is it funny that its from Australia?
Nichole Sanders Just because I assumed they where American because it's where i'm from.
I'm seriously confused, do you think everything is american or something. Americans are strange..
My cousin Luke in NY, posted this on his feed, and I was in bumper to bumper traffic and it brought me to tears, realizing that I do have family that says its ok to be gay. I don't know if he knows that I am gay but his timing is totally weird, with being the start of the holidays. Brings validation and hope that we are making progress that barriers are being moved. Thanks for sharing and keep spreading hope love and understanding.
BREAKING NEWS - Today, in a vote of 51 to 28, the parliament of SLOVENIA has just approved equal civil marriage rights for same sex couples in that country.
What the hell is wrong with these people? Who throws popcorn on their sofa?
Everyone?
Constantinos Bou But think of the butter stains man!
I remember when this came out (lol puns). Watching it again now, I still get chills. The whole thing is really beautifully done. In 2017, a survey was sent out to all Australians by the government asking if they supported marriage equality. 80% of Australians participated. 62% said yes. (For direct democracy, that’s HUGE.) There’s a touching video of Penny Wong in tears . Way to go, Australia. This is how it’s done. It’s also a lesson for other movements about how to reach people. You can’t guilt them or shame them, you have to make them sympathize with you.
Most of us 20% hadn't realised a Mia survey could be used to rewrite a constitution. I was waiting for the referendum.
Damn..... made me cry...
Every time.
Same bro 😭
It's already happening! :D Same sex marriage is legal here in NZ! My sister and her GF are getting married in 2 months and I cannot be more happier for them! It should be legal everywhere, why should people be denied their happiness? Love this vid.
I think Getup are Australian, unfortunately we don't have the same rights here :(
This video is the BEST
Still makes me smile all of these years later, and now married myself. Thank you.
this is one of my favorite videos in the whole world. it always brings tears to my eyes. this is the kind of life i want. this is somehow my dream. i wish someday somebody love me.
^lol
Bradley Ramsey seems like experience is talking.
Gay relationships are so beautiful. Two stunning looking men. None of the bullshit that comes with trying to live with a woman. No unexpected pregnancies and messed up childhoods. I'm so happy to be gay. I wouldn't change it for the world.
Lol and many lesbians feel the same about men and also believe their relationships are beautiful! :) That being said, pregnancy is a beautiful thing when the time is right...
Mitch Smith I compassionate You, I will pray for You and all sick with the homosexualism.
Don't waste Your chance for salvation, and give up this pervert lifestyle!
"Homosexualism" really? Even auto correct couldn't find a replacement for that. You idiot bigots making up words just to try and make your point close to being valid.
+Fro Ing WTF man. Penetration is the main part of heterosexual sex. Homosexual sex is more about frotting, and grinding, and and oral sex. I'm 28 and I've had penetrative sex maybe 5 times. Anyway, marriage isn't about sex it's about commitment. You're a total fool.
One of the most compelling, moving, and well-crafted short videos I've ever seen. Seeing marriage equality from the first-person perspective may not convince or shame opponents but it clarifies how love in all its forms is beautiful and should be honored.
I guess this would be my first comment ever on youtube after having my account for almost 10 years... i cant believe i just came to notice this add after 7-8 years? More or so... i also think this comment will be submerged in between the 30k other comments good and bad... but let me tell something to the team that came up with this idea, script and video realization that they nailed it... got me to tears and got me thinking... i live in a country that’s way too far from even accepting LGBT persons as they are... persons. Don’t even imagine i would see in my lifespan marriage equality nor even civil union, or rights... but this video made me think that there is still hope... thank you...
Being in love with a camera is just weird...
bruh shut up just shut up
Camaraphobic!
6 years went by and you guys made it ! CONGRATULATIONS ! Welcome to the marriage equality group ! Salute from Argentina.
Just know that there will always be people just like the two guys in this video clip. Pay no attention to those that don't understand.. they probably have had an electrician fix their power, plumber unblock their pipes, doctors stitch them up, counselor help them thru a tough stage in their life, a taxi driver drive them home after having too much to drink, a favourite sports personality that has represented their country, a financial planner who has helped create wealth to build a better future for their families or even a builder who has help build the roof over their head.... Who is Gay. Think before you speak... Everyday, humans help humans, straight, gay, bi and transgender!! Don't be judgemental.. everyone deserves to live a full and happy life! #againstdiscrimination
Todays the day (Proposing) ❤️😁❤️😁❤️😁❤️😁❤️😁❤️ so happy this video exists
Btw he said yes. We got married two months ago
This is wonderful! As a straight person I will say that being open-minded and very emotional to things with depth and meaning, this sent tears down my face each time I watched the video! So much so that I didn't respond until I came up with a meaningful reply. I understand what it is like to be different and not a "march-in-the-line" soldier; you are socially side-lined, made to walk your own distance, deprived of the very privileges that your everyday person takes for granted. It is time to stop simple-minded thinking, to stop one's own discrimination and hate of the "other" and for all to really understand one another and get along in intellectual empathy. This is indeed the 21st century; we have technology, the raised intellect, the higher understanding to see that we are all in fact the most advanced living beings on our planet and to learn how to appreciate, accept and take-on new ideas rather than staying back in time, unevolved and primitive. Thank you Australia, my home country, for moving ahead with this wonderful exhibition of forwardness and tolerance :)
I'm from Poland and I'm actually sad watching this film, because its message is "to stop marriage discrimination" while in my country everyone who is non-hetero is discriminated and hated, not to mention the idea of marriage, that is simply a lost cause... :-(
Don't give up hope my friend. There's no getting around the pain of living in an intolerant culture and I'm sorry for that. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice, to paraphrase MLK. Meanwhile all can do is try to find people who love us for who we are and live our lives.
I absolutely adore my partner and would love the opportunity to marry her. I do not feel that marriage makes a relationship necessarily more serious or valid. However, everyone should have the right regardless of their sexual preference to choose if they want to enter into a marriage or not. Please, lets push this through. It's long overdue!
I'm literally in tears how extremely BEAUTIFUL that was! *_*
I don't understand the people that are sooo against homosexuality and gay rights, how in the hell does it effect your life if two men/women get married? Please tell me HOW? It doesn't make you or your children gay, it's not something contagious, you know? It's also not a choice, no one in their right mind would choose to be gay, it's not like colouring your hair. Don't you think that every gay person once wished to be straight, until they accepted themselves for who they are and became happy.
It's people who believe that it's religiously wrong, people themselves who may be gay but can't accept that so they project it outwards, or people who believe that if their children see more gay couples around that they will feel that that is okay and will have a higher chance of being gay or coming out. Usually it falls into one of these categories if not more. None of which in my eyes justify being against homoseuality.
I agree, but there are so many things that are religiously wrong, like divorce, and no one is making a big deal of it..
Vladica Micanovic Good Point... :) Anyway I think that people have too much time in their miserable lives ... so they discuss what is normality? If they were happy they would see... How Happy they are... and not how "wrong" they are! Concerns me how this people cant see the truth in front of them... the constant projection of their own believes of normality in everyone ... is some way of trying to convince themselves that they are right! But still they are wrong... and still they are unhappy...
Nicely said :)
It is a touching video, but sometimes I feel discriminated as being gay and not good-looking.
Weird i feel like i am discriminated on for being strait and not good looking... We should make a video about it! :p
+Grot The computer you're using to spread your bigotry and hate was Invented by a Gay man
Andrew Boz rip Alan Turing 🏳️🌈 love wins
Yeah same!
That one's true for the straight side too, my friend *sigh*
I was on my way home this morning and this song rotated through my playlist. It immediately brought back memories of watching this campaign ad for the first time almost 9 years ago. The first thing I did was watch it again when I walked in the door. It was great then and it's great now.
BREAKING NEWS - STATE NUMBER EIGHTEEN - The state of Utah has just ruled that their state amendment denying same sex couples access to civil marriage is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and same sex couples are now legally marrying in Utah, effective immediately. An excerpt from the conclusion of the court ruling:
The State of Utah has provided no evidence that opposite-sex marriage will be affected in any way by same-sex marriage. In the absence of such evidence, the State’s unsupported fears and speculations are insufficient to justify the State’s refusal to dignify the family relationships of its gay and lesbian citizens. Moreover, the Constitution protects the Plaintiffs’ fundamental rights, which include the right to marry and the right to have that marriage recognized by their government.
This ad is so well done. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it, but I still feel touched every time. I just hope someday I find my "Paul".
End marriage licenses.
This is such a powerful ad. All the arguments against marriage equality fall apart under any logical examination but this does so much more. It makes the simple, experiential, human case for equality and dignity. I love it.
The pursuit of happiness has no regard for who you decide to share life with. Just love and love well.
In pursuit of happiness = permission for perversion. If being a pervert makes you happy, then go for it ..
Drug users also use this lame excuse to justify their selfish desires.
To those who feel defiled, they stand in condemnation of themselves until enlightenment comes if they let that light in.
That was BEAUTIFUL.
Who cares who you fuck? We ALL deserve love.
parallaxax and I guess you're about 12 given a stupid comment like that
00Mindi00 12? Don't be generous... more like 8.
That's not true. You don't deserve anything by default. And not all love is the same, is healthy, is productive, is aligned with biological reality.
love is love , two man in love is not a sin , BUT your judgement to them is ....
Well, this is just beautiful...what love and building a life together is about. As an Australian who lives overseas, this is what my Australian dream looks like. I sure hope Aussies say a resounding and unanimous YES to marriage equality. End the discrimination, end the hate.
BREAKING NEWS - a federal judge in SOUTH CAROLINA has just ruled that the state's ban on civil marriage for same sex couples is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. South Carolina is one of the states in the Fourth Federal Appeals Circuit, and the Fourth Circuit had recently ruled such bans unconstitutional in a case which originated in Virginia, which is also in the Fourth Circuit. These Federal Circuit court rulings affect ALL states within that circuit, meaning it directs South Carolina to stop enforcing their marriage ban along with the other states in the Fourth Circuit. But South Carolina has been seeking a way to disregard that federal ruling and continue banning same sex marriage in their state. This new ruling confirms that they are required to comply with the first federal appeals ruling and confirms that they must cease infringing on the rights of same sex couples who wish to legally marry.
One of the most impactful and honest videos that show we are all the same and we are all human. As a gay man myself I don't feel any different than my straight friends and family, so why should society ever treat me differently?
This is so incredibly beautiful. Every single thing about it is magical. Thank you for this. Wow.
I saw this so many years ago back in my home ( Ecuador ) it touch me very hard in my mind, now after so many years Im living in Australia. How life can change 🥺
Awesome video!
I personally believe if two human beings love and like each other they should have rights to bonded into legal union. Love in itself is pure and it is beyond the shackles of sex, race, ethnicity, religion...
parallaxax
There is difference between incest and marrying someone from same sex or different, race, religion,ethnicity...etc.
No I won't have sex with my sibling or my parents. I do not feel a normal human being can sexually get attracted towards their parents or sibling. Again that is my thinking and I am not stating its as fact.
I have met enough gay people to know that there is nothing abnormal about it. Its their life their choice. I still have to meet people involve in incest sex for my mind to consider it normal.
Even if you have sex with your mother or brother I will not come and judge you, like i do not judge gay people for their sexual preference even though I am not gay. I believe in 'freedom of choice' of people.
Rishi Kishore I'll take that as a YES, you think its alright for any person to have sex with any other consenting adult… Including family members. Hmmmm.
parallaxax
Aren't you trying to force words in my mouth. I do not take things or believe in it because someone said so. I only believe in things which comes from personal experience. I do not feel comfortable about incest. I won't have sex not only with people whom I consider blood relatives but also with whom I grew up and are like my sibling. I feel incest is disastrous at social and psychological level. But again that's my personal opinion.
The topic we are discussing here is not incest but gay marriage. Even though you are not capable of distinguishing between two, trust me they are two completely different topic.
Rishi Kishore Its really simple…. It's not natural or socially acceptable, normal, or what ever word you want to choose, to have sex with your relatives, have sex with children, or have sex with a person of the same sex. If you make a statement like "Love in itself is pure and it is beyond the shackles of sex" which you have done, then this statement is in itself false because there is a vast list of people you should not have sex with regardless if you love them in a sexual way. Hence you believe it is ok to have sex with your mother or you don't. So some forms of sexual love are in fact perverse and disgusting.
parallaxax
Any sane person would have made sense what message I wanted to send through my comments.
Child marriage, incest damages society. I do not see any harm coming through gay marriage.
If you find something is perverse and disgusting does not mean it becomes universally perverse and disgusting. I do not like eggplant it does not mean eggplant should be banned in world in world because of that. If i am doing something and am not hurting or harming other in process, I do not see why it should be banned.
BREAKING NEWS - Same sex marriages will begin in the state of Illinois TOMORROW, Saturday 2/22/2014. The state decided in favor of same sex marriage at the end of 2013 and the marriages were scheduled to begin in June, since Illinois often has a six month delay between enacting a measure and implementing the change, but today the court ruled that there is no reason to require these couples to wait any longer, as doing so would simply delay justice and would serve no beneficial purpose.
I am surprised that MrRepzion has not commented on this yet. i would have a feeling that his video would say something along the lines of "This puts unrealistic views of what love is really like, and would make people think anything else is not love". I love this video so much!!
Sez' a drag queen... ha... Gold.
parallaxax LOL, he's a drag queen, and thanks :)
Romain Touillet
This ad kept me hoping. Nothing else. Now, 11 years later, I’m enjoying the best life with my husband. Thanks, Australia!!!!!!! ❤
Hace ya 10 años que ví este vídeo y siempre que lo veo de nuevo siento la felicidad como la primera vez... ❤️ Saludos desde México 👨❤️👨🎉🌈
BREAKING NEWS - SCOTLAND has just passed their bill to allow same sex marriage by a vote of 105 to 18.
Cricket? on a beach?
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freaks.
Never been to down under or India, have ya? :)
Nope.
I like my cricket on the grass thank you
I saw this video sent to me by a very special person.
I saw it almost immediately, a few days after its publication.
I remember that I was overwhelmed by an emotion so strong that I could not hold back my tears.
Years later, I still experience the exact same emotions.
Thanks for existing!
If I was the one filming I would have ruined the video because at the end I would have dropped the camera and passed the f*ck out!! x'D lmfao
I cry every time I see this. It's so wonderful.
BREAKING NEWS in the state of KANSAS. The state of Kansas is in the 10th federal appeals circuit, and is bound by the recent 10th Circuit ruling in Utah's "Kitchen v. Herbert" case, which found that laws denying civil marriage to same sex couples are unconstitutional. Since then, the state of Kansas has been trying to avoid complying with that federal mandate, but as of today their attempts have just now been DENIED by a federal district judge. Legal civil marriages for same sex couples are expected to begin in Kansas in ONE WEEK, on November 11th.
Made me cry.
made me cry too, it showed me how screwed up the world is
12 years ago I watched this video wondering if marriage equality will ever happen in my home country. Now I am here to tell you that Greece has just passed it!
the irony being Greece has historical evidence that it existed and we’re proud of it! congratulations man :)
That made me uncomfortable. He was driving on the wrong side of the car.
It's Australia. I hear the toilets there flush in reverse.
John Lucas
Oh dear god no! Say it isn't so! Something must be done about these heathen toilets.
And he wrote in a book! Sacrilege!
LizTiddington
poor camera man has to carry that book everywhere now, lest he forget his careless husband-to-be's phone number.
Ryan Huffman Didnt see the other comments sorry!!! ;)
The part when the mother looks right at the camera, right at the partner, right at *you* gets me every time because it's when you are connected to your partner's family that it is always hardest, and when they accept you, you almost can't believe it.
A country's government determines the law. Marriage is not owned by religions. All citizens should be entitled to the same rights. To the thousands of lgbt+ people in Australia who contribute to society, pay their taxes and uphold the laws, and yet are denied the right of equal marriage, I am sorry. I was lucky enough in the UK to marry, and frankly I'm astonished that Australia still doesn't have equal marriage. The hate speech going on in the comments section absolutely astounds me. So much hate. Since my partner and I have been married, society hasn't crumbled (unless you count Brexit, but we won't get into that now😉), and our marriage hasn't stopped marriages between straight couples meaning any less. Yep, all we won't is our right to equality. Good luck Australia! ❤️
still can't believe there are people who don't agree with this... *sigh
it's just marriage, people do it, it's life.
My dream 😔from Russia with love )
It must be hard to be gay in Russia :O
I feel bad for you :(
come to australia! we have marriage equality now :)
Still love this video years later.
BREAKING NEWS - One day after same sex marriages began in Scotland, today same sex couples are now also marrying in the country of LUXEMBOURG.
This video saved my life years ago ❣️
Im glad you’re still here!
This is a masterpiece illustration and i can rewatch it and rewatch it. May i ask for permission to useee this video for my performance task in school???
Just use it. It's public
I watch this every time it pops up. Today is the first time I've watched it since my mom passed. If only I'd met the right one before she left us, I know she'd of been happy for me to have found the right man. Don't miss this opportunity.
My take on this as a Christian is that if a country is not proclaimed to be a "Christian" nation (barely means anything now anyway), and there's an insistence on separation between church and state, why not make it legal? If you allow people to get married in drive-thrus by a guy dressed like Elvis than how is this someone less "sanctified"? However, I don't think it's fair to force that belief on others and attempt to force pastors to marry everybody. Many pastors are already very selective about who they agree to marry, and I think in a country that gives the constitutional right to freedom of religion gives them the freedom to marry within Biblical guidelines. Not to say any of the Christians I know think anything different of homosexuals than anyone else - I think those that do are sadly hypocritical and missing the point.
No one (certainly in the US) has ever been forced by law to solemnize the marriage of two people in any gender combination that person did not want to preside over and they never will be. In fact, this is true in every country with marriage equality. Non religious people may, with the proper sanctioning of the state, solemnize a marriage if the couple has a properly issued marriage license. There is nothing that stands in the way of marriage equality for same sex couples but the antigay industry. Marriage equality will not bring with it any obligation of a church or other religious body nor an ordained minister of any faith to preside over a union they disapprove of. Everything that you have heard from the antigay industry that contradicts the above is simply not true.
And that's why I don't understand the fuss on the other side. Don't pretend to be a state built on morality from a theistic point of view when it clearly isn't.
David Caster thank you! I've always tried to explain this to people who are against "gay" marriage, yet I can never seem to get through to them.
David Caster
Not true there have been proposed lawsuits against MANY churches.The most recent one that comes to mind is the st john baptist church saying “We’ve launched a challenge to the government’s decision to allow some religious groups to opt out of marrying same-sex couples.”. Not trying to be a butthole or anything.. just saying
BREAKING NEWS - After the 4th Circuit declined to stay its ruling for South Carolina yesterday, the state took the same question to the U.S. Supreme Court - which has also just rejected their request for a stay. There is now no legal recourse for the state of South Carolina to continue denying marriage certificates to same sex couples without violating an order from the federal courts. Same sex couples can now legally marry in South Carolina as of noon today EST.
Anyone else know it was going to be a guy within the first 30 seconds?
PS: It doesn't bother me.
I knew it was going to be a guy but I still teared up at the end. Lots of emotions here, and even though I started to feel happy for them, I got so frustrated thinking about how hard it must be for LGBT people to enjoy life and just ignore the false stigma. Everyone deserve to be happy, and I wish ignorance would get out of the way.
More like the first 30 milliseconds. Telegraphed by the video title as well.
I support gay marriage. I am THOROUGHLY AND UNSWERVINGLY AGAINST videos like this one.
Ross Presser why?
Came here from UpWorthy. It was pretty much a given.
It was the man hands of the camera guy on 0:10 lol
Man, I cry my eyes out every time I watch this video. Pure awesomeness!
Made me tear up, ugh. I love the video, beautifully done.
Australia, Support from Spain! Go and fight for equality!
BREAKING NEWS - The U.S. Supreme Court has just decided that all of the pending Marriage Equality cases that have ruled in favor of marriage equality and have been appealed to the highest court will be allowed to STAND, and the Supreme Court will not consider re-trying these cases. This has just brought marriage equality to ALL FIVE of the states involved in the pending circuit trials (VIRGINIA, UTAH, INDIANA, OKLAHOMA, and WISCONSIN) and all of the other states within those same circuits (NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, COLORADO, WEST VIRGINIA, KANSAS and WYOMING). That's a total of ELEVEN STATES that have just gained equal civil marriage rights for same sex couples.
This video actually gives me hope that one day the world will just see that it is okay to love another person regardless of whether the person is of the same sex or opposite sex. With the help of this video, we take small steps and transition into a more accepting and loving world. Love the video and its message!
It's the same way Americans legally changed definition of marriage to include marriage between different races. Contrary to popular belief the move did not result in a push for polygamy. Just such a gay marriage will not lead to incestuous marriages between siblings of the same gender. Having heterosexual marriage doesn't lead to incestuous relations between siblings of the opposite gender either.
BREAKING NEWS - Today, a federal court ruled that the laws denying civil marriage to same sex couples in the state of ALASKA are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. From the ruling:
CONCLUSION
Any state interests identified by Defendants are insufficient for Alaska’s same-sex marriage laws to pass constitutional muster under due process or equal protection. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment at Docket 20 is GRANTED.
With this ruling, the Court hereby DECLARES that Alaska’s same-sex marriage laws are unconstitutional for violating the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Speaking of wonders; reminds me of a 'riddle' I was told years ago, when I was fairly young. I consider myself a feminist but the riddle showed how (at least at that young age) I was, in some way sexist.
A man is out for the day with his son, when the sun gets hit by a car. The father calls an ambulance and goes with them as they rush him to the hospital. When they arrive the doctor walks in and says "Oh my God, My son."
Who was the doctor?
Now to give myself props I suggested things like his adopted/step father or he has two fathers and they're a gay couple, which showed I was fairly accepting even then. But even when told I was being sexist I never considered that the doctor could be the mother.
You thought gay father before mother? Well, it's good to see that you think sort of outside the box, at least.
I thought it was a gay couple too but I don't think that makes me sexist as I wasn't saying women couldn't be doctors, I was just going to my first association of a doctor which depending on your experiences can be either predominantly female or male :S
Yeah, that's just designed to catch people out so one person can call another sexist. What's weird about that scenario is that the father didn't call the mother to let her know their son had been hit by a car.
It is isn't it.
Human Rights should never be put up for public vote.
It's like asking for permission from your school bully to stop being bullied.
I went to a pride parade today. It always makes me so happy to see other people be able to be who they are. I don't see how being homosexual effects anyone in a negative way? I rather see it positive, we need diversity to be a society. People need to stop hating and loving instead :) ! Have a great day people and spread this video!!
BREAKING NEWS - in the case for same sex marriage in PENNSYLVANIA, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., has denied a Pennsylvania county clerk’s plea to stop such marriages in that state. This removes the last legal barrier to Pennsylvania becoming the nineteenth state in which same-sex marriages are permitted. A federal judge had previously struck down the state ban, and state officials declined to appeal. The Schuylkill County clerk sought to appeal in their place, but that move has now been turned down at all three levels of the federal court system.