Permission

"Whose permission would you need to get married to the person you love?"

Winner of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Rights Award at the sixth annual "Media that Matters" film festival.

- Produced by Public Interest: http://www.publicinterest.tv
- Michael Franzini, President and Creative Director
- Dave Isser, Executive Producer
- CC Distribution license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

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• same
• sex
• marriage
• permission
• psa

[oryssman]

This video fundamentally misunderstands that marriage is a public, as well as a private institution and as such is regulated by the State for such purposes. To attempt to so radically redefine marriage as same-sex "marriage" advocates are now attempting to do, and then claim that it is unfair when those defending natural marriage say "NO" shows a lack of understanding about the public purpose of marriage.

Marriage is available to every gay man and lesbian woman on the terms it has been offered.

[PandemicSoul]

I don't think it's the video that misunderstands anything. I think it's you that misunderstands marriage.

[Androjai]

If any of you haters on here can give me one NON RELIGIOUS REASON why gay marriage should not be allowed, please do it. We have a seperation of church and state in this country and I would liek for you to keep your RELIGIOUS VIEW out of my STATE rights.  Thank you.

[RunsWithWeasels]

Hey frannol, you want to hear about a "broken family"? Talk to my husband. His dear sweet DADDY beat him mercilessly when he was a child! On a daily basis! When his mother tried to leave, DADDY threatened to find and kill his own sons just to spite her! And this was one of those "traditional" marriages that the neo-cons love to trumpet.

Don't you dare say that a Mommy and a Daddy make a perfect family. They do not. Let the gays marry. They might do a better job than the straights have.

[mrbuzzybee1]

I dont get it

[Lolagoestohollywood]

Have you ever heard of a gay couple that hurt the children they had? I don't. And I know why: because it's much harder to have a baby for gay than for "straight" couples, because while heterosexuals can have "accidents", homosexuals have to go a long way to be able to have a child. You don't hurt somebody you did so much for.

What I'm saying is: Homosexuals spend a lot more time thinking about whether they want a child or not, and that makes them better parents in many cases.

[duinedubh]

There is an irish version which is also quite similar called ´Sinead´s hand´. I have no idea which one came first, but they are both great!

[duinedubh]

Fair play to your grandparents! Your analogy is excellant. Just as the laws affecting the civil rights of people in South Africa and Northenr Ireland were wrong, so are these. Yet bigots continue to justify them!

In 20, 30 or 40 years time, will u have to admit to your childrent hat were the new form of the KKK at one point in your life!

[MsEstellaM]

Mugge21xx --

Other way around.

Sinead's Hand was inspired by this one--it even states that in the credits.

[muggle21xx]

It was actually copied from Marriage equality Ireland Video Sinead's Hand/

[ChezNight]

I agree, these "straights" keep producing us gays!

SO technically people who have a problem with homosexuality should have a problem with heterosexuality as well...it's not like we're popping out all these gay children! :]

[Ender605]

"I Don't Blame You" by Cat Power

[rattymama]

Awesome video. Does anyone know who made the music for this video..? I love it!