Right To Love...Just Dont Pray?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RclFT71GmVc&feature=channel_video_title


"The Right to Love: An American Family" - COMING SOON 2012
Documentary Film (88 minutes)
http://www.jayebirdproductions.com/

Many of our YouTube Subscribers may already be aware that our family has been the focus of a documentary about Prop 8 and our YouTube activism called Right To Love: An American Family. The movie has been in production for quite a while and I am happy to report that it is nearing completion and should be ready very soon. In preparation for release...Jayebird productions put together a new teaser trailer which I have posted above.

Now the reason I bring this up today is not really to bump the trailer but more to discuss an issue that has frustrated both my husband and myself. We have been sending this trailer out to any gay blogs we can think of in the hopes of highlighting the project, but they have been kicking it back because there is a scene with us saying grace around the dinner table. Now....blogs can pick and choose what they want to promote, and probably get inundated with a ton of requests from people asking them to promote their personal projects, I won't fault anyone for trying for controling their own content. The part that gets me, is that one blog admitted that it was the prayer specifically that made them uncomfortable. That is incredibly frustrating to me and my husband who see walls of posts on the blogs about celebrities coming out and how to check out hot guys on google maps....but no one wants to touch a project that could help change the way people see gay families because they are uncomfortable with it's rather tame and low key religious element.

My question to my readers is....Are we wrong to be frustrated by this? It seems that we focus alot of sex, celebritities, tragedies, and hate mongers...that stuff brings the readers and lights up the comment boards....but when it comes to more positive projects, no one has any interest. Take a look at the trailer and decide for yourself. What is in there that is so provocative?....or is showing our everyday life in film format just not as provocative Zachary Quinto coming out? You decide and let me know what you think...

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[MikeBlevinsAZ]

The prayer in the trailer caught my attention big time -- in a good way. I was pleasantly shocked. I smiled ear-to-ear and immediately started watching many of your other videos. After watching an armful of your videos, I learned that Bryan's background in religion is similar to my own. My respect for Bryan and Jay is now huge. I am telling my friends about this couple, and am sincerely looking forward to the movie! Thanks.

[depfox]

@MikeBlevinsAZ When wer started making our youtube channel we set up two rules for us... 1. Dont stage out videos just allow them to be what they are and 2. Show all parts of our life and dont edit out the parts that some people might not like...Religion has been the main topic that my family is attacked for and I thank you for the kind comment.

[sbaglioscherzo]

Just read the review of the film on HuffPost by Frank Schaeffer. CONGRATULATIONS! Can't wait to see it :)

[depfox]

@sbaglioscherzo Thanks I cant waite also :O)

[depfox]

There were two big blog's that responded to us about the religious nature of the trailer...and that they would not share it...both blog's have shared other videos of ours and shared the first trailer to right to love

[bellusful]

I don´t understand that anyone can get offended by you saying pray in the trailer. I can´t see that is anything wrong by that. I'm not religious myself but I think it somehow shows that you are grateful for sitting there with food on the table together as a family. That you show your children that you should stop and think twice and to appreciate things in life that we so easily take for granted.

Keep up the good work...I'm looking forward to se the documentary.

[depfox]

@bellusful I know its funny we have had some youtubers that have been with us for a very long time leave :O( Its weird that people are so easy to judge.

[rollingdownfalling]

@depfox My guess is that people like stuffs that catches their attention, but something that requires responsibility is a different story. Plus we all have different agendas, unless it takes a little brainwash *wink* .

p.s. I'm not religious, nor religion is a part of my upbringing, but i don't mind you guys praying.

[depfox]

@Jaxomy Jax...what I expressed was frustration over a culture that is willing to give lots of time to pleasure seeking and give little to no attention to projects that might help change some hearts and minds and possibly help win rights. I know thats a tall order and this movie is not going to do that all by itself but I hope you know what I mean. It wasn't a sex=bad, religion=good thing....its a why cant we put effort into projects that help fight for things that make our lives better.

bryan

[alinkyng]

Even though I don't believe in god, I think it's awesome to see a gay family that's Christian, it helps to show the ignorant homophobes that gay people are not evil demon-spawns; but are normal people who live lives that have a lot in common with strait families, it helps to emphasize :3

[xadam2dudex]

@KspekEvo u again totally don't understand...the new law includes portions of the old not all...what is the 1st & 2nd commandments according to Jesus ? something like love god and love ur neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40) which all the law & prophets depend on...u can not see the forest for the trees...none of the law is lost that has a relation to the new commandments..but u would have people subject to the Law when in Acts 15:1-21 it gives the extent people are subject to the law

[KspekEvo]

@xadam2dudex so whenhe fullfille dthe law did that change the 10 commandments as well so we are ok with idols and worshippin gother gods? why do YOU pick and choose which laws are fulfilled and which ones are not? get some consistency.

[xadam2dudex]

@KspekEvo u need to understand u r totally wrong ... he came to fulfill the old law .he said not one letter of the law would pass away without it being fulfilled.. he brought the new law to replace the old as it passed away...u must have forgotten to read the part where he says he is the fulfillment of the old law..and stop picking and choosing what u accept from the bible.. if u want to believe the old testament believe in ALL of it not just parts that fit what u want to accept

[Forealways]

@depfox

I saw this was featured on mlp.org!!

Very cool guys. Very cool.

I like the segment where you prayed. Just thought id say that.

[KspekEvo]

@JakeTheArmyGuy then perhaps you can show me where it states the Jesus changed the laws instead of keeping them in tact, because as far as i have read, he only supports the old laws. when you fulfill a law, you do not change it or make it so its no longer valid, you simply are upholding and continuing the law. show me where it says that because he died on the cross that none of the old laws should be followed.

[KspekEvo]

@JakeTheArmyGuy then perhaps you can show me where it states the Jesus changed the laws instead of keeping them in tact, because as far as i have read, he only supports the old laws. when you fulfill a law, you do not change it or make it so its no longer valid, you simply are upholding and continuing the law.