The Stowell brothers' story

Republican Craig Stowell became a leader in the fight for marriage equality, standing up for his gay brother Calvin.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• gay marriage
• new hampshire
• HRC
• LGBT
• GLBT
• lesbian
• gay
• bisexual
• transgender
• marriage
• equality
• marriage equality
• Human Rights Campaign
• Same-sex Marriage

[Pagoas1]

if you really want to support your gay brother, quit identifying yourself with the party that wants to make him a 2nd class citizen.

[EmeraldView]

More and more bricks from the Republican wall are beginning to fall. Anti-gay haters, if you haven't already, you should begin to worry.

[TwinWein]

A story of two ordinary brothers, one gay and one straight, this HRC video shows the passion, desire and emotion that goes into someone wanting to marry the person they love. The intimate story that is told here (with one brother-who btw is Conservative- wanting his sibling to be able to marry the man he loves) really draws the audience in right away. AND, as deep as the video is with emotion and narrative, its message is clear, simple and to the point. Pure example of storytelling.

[cpmkw]

Also, something tells me that the "straight" brother's involvement in this issue goes beyond his brother's welfare. If you were to ask me with no sound on this video which one of these brothers is the gay one, I would totally have said the one on with the beard on the left.

[cpmkw]

Heartwarming & hope inspiring, or just not troll-like? Ha! I'm inclined to think the latter. Sorry, these people have been too monstrous toward LGBT people for too long, actively cynically working to brew fear and contempt for them in the public arena for their own self-serving political benefit, to start getting brownie points now for simply treating their own family members with civility. My 2 cents.

[sdarms111]

This shit makes me cry

[rachiti]

When I see/hear the hatred and evil present in the US in the form of marriage inequality in some states, my heart bleeds. I'm straight. I lost the love of my life because trying to get a fiance visa (he was a foreigner) took so incredibly long (years) that the distance and expense caused the end of my future. The govt does NOT have the right to dictate whether a loving adult couple can marry - straight, gay, or anywhere else on the spectrum.

[rachiti]

@DerekWilliamsMusic I don't enjoy all the time I spend trying to fight their hate too. My blood boils when I see the selfish, mean, evil things they post - even more so when they use God as an excuse for the hate in their hearts I'm straight but until LGBT people have equal rights, I won't stop. Love is love. I hope we both manage to change/open many minds.

[rachiti]

Republicans - He's right. Supporting SMALL government means BUTTING OUT of everyone's personal lives - including their right to marry. Supporting gay marriage is the rational, humane, fair thing to do. I'm straight and I support gay marriage.

[DerekWilliamsMusic]

@coolcatrich Anti-gay religions teach that homosexuality is evil, and that you should hate that part of you - hence the paternalistic putdown "Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin". This means you are telling people to hate a part of another human being, that they had absolutely no say in being.

I enjoy being a homosexual. But I don't enjoy all the time I waste on channels like this trying to talk sense into you and others like you who insist on trying to make me feel bad about myself.

[DerekWilliamsMusic]

@coolcatrich If the Bible was really "The Word of God" then it would be written in the 1st Person Singular, published in one unambiguous translation in every language on Earth and made available free in 7 billion copies.

What fills me with even more horror than the life you're offering me is the afterlife you're offering me. Being celibate has no appeal, nor has being stuck in eternal afterlife with a load of sanctimonious busybodies.

Where is homosexuality defined as "adultery"?

[coolcatrich]

@coolcatrich before entering heaven. People don't understand what their church teaches, sometimes that includes me. Infact there is a lot of things I don't understand within the Catholic Church, and that is what causes war and hate. A misunderstanding and the fact they don't search for correct answers. It's a shame that everyone isn't educated as they should be. Even some priests don't understand everything, or are going down the wrong path, consisting of hate and extreme actions.