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UK: Marriage Equality Ad Reaches 500K Views

Monday, April 30th, 2012

A short film released to support equal access to marriage for gay people has amassed over half a million views in less than a week.

Directed by award winning film-maker Mike Buonaiuto, the short film shows British forces returning home to their loved ones, with the reunion of one soldier and his partner soon turning into a surprise marriage proposal.

PinkNews.co.uk is among the companies backing the film, which has been on display on the right-hand side of the site since its launch last week.

Full Story from Pink News

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MT, USA: Democratic Congessional Candidate Runs Marriage Equality Ad

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Montana Democratic Congressional candidate Dave Strohmaier is calling on progressives to prove they support the values they claim represent them.

In his latest video — what seems to be his first produced ad — he boasts his support for marriage equality while officiating a same-sex wedding, adding, “It sure does annoy Republicans.”

Full Story from Think Progress

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UK: Teaser Released for New Marriage Equality Ad

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

A teaser video for viral advertisement to promote the Coalition for Equal Marriage and the cause of marriage equality in England and Wales has been released.

Directed by Mike Buonaiuto, the advertisement is due to be released next week. Today’s video features a still from the advert and the speech David Cameron gave to the Conservative party conference in 2011.

The prime minister had told the conference: “I don’t support gay marriage in spite of being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a Conservative.”

Full Story from Pink News

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New Marriage Equality Ad

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

Today GAY U.S.A. the Movie launched a marriage equality ad , and who better to depict the necessity for equality than Carol and Nan, a featured couple in the film.

Watch the video ad to get a glimpse of their story; Nan and Carol had been together for 38 years, when finally they were able to legally marry in the State of New York. They were married as soon as marriage became legal in July 2011, and Gay U.S.A. the Movie was there to cover the event and pursue their story.

Gay U.S.A. the Movie has covered dozens of states across the country, telling the stories of individuals and families, interviewing politicians, religious and lay leaders, amassing hundreds of hours of film footage for the documentary which filmmaker, Kristina Lapinski hopes to release in September, 2012, in time to impact the US elections and the marriage ballots in parts of the Country.

Full Story from Gay USA

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AK, USA: Anti Gay Group Runs Offensive Transphobic Ad

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

As weve mentioned several times in recent weeks, Anchorage is set to vote on April 5 on an anti-discrimination ordinance that LGBT advocates have been working to pass for 35 years, and opponents are ramping up their action against it.

An opposition group has begun running an offensive anti-gay and transphobic ad to convince voters to reject it.

The Anchorage Daily News reports:

In the ad, a cartoon “transvestite” who wants to work at a day care is drawn as a man with a jutting jaw and body hair, wearing a short pink dress, red high heels and lipstick. If Prop. 5 passes, the narrator of the ad says, “it will be illegal for Carol to refuse a job to a transvestite who wants to work with toddlers.”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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USA, NC: Pro Amendment One Group Releases Ad

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

The ad above is from Vote for MarriageNC, the group attempting to pass Amendment One in North Carolina. Amendment One would place an anti-marriage equality amendment in that state’s constitution.

My guess is that by using ordinary people, Vote for MarriageNC is trying to convey a “grassroots” message. However, in many ways, the ad actually makes the case against Amendment One.

Here are a few of my impressions of the ad:

1. It exploits the religious angle because there is nothing in the proposed amendment about religion, Biblical or otherwise. And it gives the false impression that if Amendment One does not pass, then established heterosexual marriages will be in danger.

Full Story from Pam’s House Blend

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Australia: GetUp Launches New Ad in Response to Homophobic Katter Commercial

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Bob Katter’s gay half brother has spoken about how hard it is to be related to the conservative party leader and vocal opponent of gay marriage. Carl Katter on Wednesday launched a television commercial with activist group GetUp in Brisbane to promote marriage equality and hit back at a political advertisement made by Katter’s Australian Party.

The party says the ad was meant to highlight Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman’s personal support for gay marriage, despite the LNP’s official line opposing it. But it’s been condemned as homophobic by advocates for the gay and lesbian community and the leaders of both major parties.

In GetUp’s response ad, Carl Katter speaks in front of the original commercial, condemning it for vilifying gays and lesbians, particularly youth. Carl Katter says he has had to deal with his brother’s conservative views his entire life and did not want the rest of Queensland to suffer with him.

Full Story from Sky News

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UK: Women’s Magazine Declines Anti Marriage Equality Ad as Potentially Offensive

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

The Women’s Institute has declined to run an advert for equal marriage opponents the Coalition for Marriage over fears it would offend ‘many members’.

The Daily Mail reports that WI Life will not be running an advert for the campaign, which is being directed by some of the UK’s most active gay equality opponents.

The group was told the Women’s Institute magazine did not wish to be seen to endorse their view that gays should be unable to marry.

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Australia: Anti-Gay Politician Sticks With Homophobic Ad

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

One of Australia’s richest men, gambling mogul James Packer, has slammed Bob Katter’s Australia Party for its anti-gay marriage advertising campaign attacking Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman for his pro same-sex marriage stance.

Mr Packer recently backed the maverick independent MP’s fledgling party with a $250,000 political donation and congratulated Mr Katter today in a statement for his “enormous work for North Queensland and Indigenous Australians”.

Anger … Bob Katter. Photo: Harrison Saragossi
But Mr Packer was not impressed by the advertisement, launched on Sunday, which shows images of a topless same-sex male couple and asks how could voters trust Mr Newman to uphold family values.

Full Story from the Sydney Morning Herald

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Australia: Politician’s Gay Brother Slams Anti Gay Attack Ad

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Australian politician Bob Katter’s gay brother has criticised him for a new advert which attacks an opponent’s support for equal marriage rights for gays.

Mr Katter, federal MP for Kennedy, launched Katter’s Australia Party last year and released a new attack ad against an opponent using only his support for gay marriage against him.

The ad includes footage of Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman saying he supports such a move and asks whether voting for him is “a vote for gay marriage”.