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Monday, July 12, 2010

Homo Another Great Marriage Equality Ad From Argentina

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Marriage equality supporters take to the airwaves...

While our enemies give the altar boys a break and mount their pulpits instead:

The queer-hating Catholic Church in Argentina has stepped up its offensive against gay marriage in the South American nation. Using Sunday Mass to rally the faithful to protest before Congress on the eve of a decisive Senate vote. Argentina, where 91 percent of the population says it is Catholic, could become the first nation in the region to pass a law legalizing marriage between same-sex couples if the Senate adopts the bill before it on Wednesday.

During Sunday Mass, church officials read a message from Buenos Aires Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio in which he urged the faithful to protest Tuesday in front of Congress. The Bishops of La Pampa, a central province, published a document in which they defended a family model “with a mom and a dad, naturally endowed with the remarkable wealth of fertility.”

And allowing same-sex couples to marry will, you know, harm straight families and undermine fertility because, um, you know, because. The Mormons piled on too—more here.

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The Mormons, Dan?
Again?
And just when you were getting over
the buttsore from Prop 8?
Do you really want to dangle your balls over that buzz saw?
again?.....

Posted by sure! I gots one ball left..... on July 12, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Muy bien!

Posted by Danger on July 12, 2010 at 12:28 PM

The only relevant comment I can think of is that I had a Reform rabbi who was from Argentina. He was also gay. Looks like he might have moved to the wrong country!

Posted by Leslie N. on July 12, 2010 at 12:32 PM

I love that fellow who has the chin of a thousand chins.

Posted by gloomy gus on July 12, 2010 at 12:41 PM

Aww, that was muy adorable.

Posted by care bear on July 12, 2010 at 12:42 PM

What a great video.

Posted by a speeding bullet on July 12, 2010 at 1:24 PM

Jesus. At least make a little bit of an event of it. Put a little though into a proposal. Take them somewhere they like. I think the big productions and overhead signs at ballparks are lame, but at least make a proposal something more than a question in your ordinary day.

Posted by Normal Adjacent on July 12, 2010 at 1:25 PM

@7

Why? Suppose the person doesn't want to marry the proposer. A big to-do, or worse, a public proposal, puts a lot of pressure to say yes. And if they say no, who looks like an asshole?

I think the commercial was adorable. Just asking during part of the ordinary day for the person you love to spend the rest of your ordinary days doing ordinary things together.

Posted by blah on July 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM

@1: QQ MOAR, Alleged. The Mormons aren't going to get Jack Diddly done.

Posted by venomlash on July 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Argentina must continue producing these adorable ads. Else I will cry.

Posted by LQ on July 12, 2010 at 3:14 PM

I'm already crying. But they can keep 'em coming anyway.

Posted by alice in canada-land on July 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Someone should tell those sorry ass bishops to stop doing the work of that evil child rapist in the Vatican!

Posted by Vince on July 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Awww, that made me all sniffy.

Posted by mran on July 12, 2010 at 5:22 PM

My eyes are leaking strangely, having watched that video. I hope that the people of Argentina will choose equality.

Posted by Canadian Nurse on July 12, 2010 at 7:27 PM

I am truly... truly thankful for all these messages.
...
A couple of weeks ago, before sleep just one thought crept into my mind...
"what are you going to do about all this fighting for and against same-sex marriage?"

I thought..." fu** me if I know!"

and right there... I just saw it!.. just saw the scene... and it was all tender and planned... the guy with the cute eyes and the chin preparing two tall glasses and a bottle of Champagne... waitinf for me... me dressed in a suite, and coming home from a day at the office...
(yes... it was all a dream.. obviously)

he kneeled and asked for my hand!

talk about corny...

I told this idea to a friend of mine.. a photographer... and he told me
"why don't you ask someone to develop this for you?"

I did... and here we are.

(a bit changed though...everthing lost a bit of cornyness and one couple turned into three... just to show that all of us... the three couples .. are all the same... we are all equal!)

Hence the "day to day life" feel to the short.

Very thankful for all your comments and hope you show it to lots of friends.

That's all we want.

Cheers!

(yes, I'm an actor also, the one with the goatee...and the producer)

Matías Cazeaux...

Posted by Matoiass on July 12, 2010 at 9:02 PM

Latin America has a long history of fighting the church, since it was part of the ruling establishment that was revolted against at various times in many countries.

Similarly the Church was on the side of Franco and now Spain has gay marriage.

Posted by IowaIan on July 13, 2010 at 5:10 PM