Another freedom to fight for...

[cute_anarchy]

I think this is a beautiful and effective ad. I hope it can open eyes.

Click to view

They are bombarding us with ads today trying to get us to approve Proposition 8, and it is a huge expenditure of money to promote nothing more than hate and fear. What are they so afraid of? It's love. It's imperfectly perfect, and refusing to acknowledge it does not make

Comments

[kutariprime]

WOW.. that brought tears to my eyes.

I think why certain people are afraid for couples like Rob and Me to get equal status in Marriage by the govt, is because it will prove that gay couples are like hetero couples and that most gays are capable of holding a stable monogamous loving relationship. It shows then that couples like me and Rob are no different then they are and that scares them.

[cute_anarchy]

Yeah, this ad really said it all for me. Its beautiful,its about LOVE and its even a bible quote. I think you guys are a great example, and congrats on your recent anniversary! Really, I hope history looks back on this last 10 years and forgives us. I'm signing everything 'love' right now - it is so important & keeps us all sane.

LOVE, me!

[kutariprime]

Your family in Maryland loves you too!

[laxmi13]

People think and vote the way they have been told they should. People are told they should fear it, and they do. Anyone who fears love, definitely, hasn't thought it through.

I don't know anyone in CA.. good luck opening eyes of everyone you know voting in CA!!

[cute_anarchy]

I really hope someone sees this and it makes a difference, but it seems to be something very visceral to a lot of people. And it is scary how much money has been thrown at this campaign. There are so many things worthy of a huge campaign, worth calling a "fight against evil on earth". Not this. Not love.

[gold_flamingo]

You know perfectly well that I think people of all sexual orientations have a completely equal right to mistranslate and misappropriate the historical texts of their choice, but that whole quote isn't about romantic love. The word that gets translated as "love" is "caritas" in Latin, which actually means something more like "loving and unselfish benevolence" than "I wanna sex you up." When people aren't being sentimental it's frequently translated as "charity," though not technically the Salvation Army kind. And in this instance you could argue that the ad does in fact advocate that we have charity and benevolence for all other people, but I think the presentation here lends itself more to the "true love is the greatest thing in the world (except a nice MLT) no matter which sorts of bits you prefer" interpretation. And in general this annoys me, because I think the text is in more powerful (and much more Christian, in the positive sense) when understood correctly. Honestly, if you want to find the sexy bits in the Bible, read the

[cute_anarchy]

You are right, it is true, but I think in both its interpretations it works. I guess it seems like a way of using the staunch-conservative-bible-quoting ammunition against them: look, this is also from there, interpret, mis-translate and mis-appropriate as you will. Honestly, I mostly like the sentiment separate from the source.

As my M pointed out, this campaign could have been run in such a way as to make it clear that passing the proposition is about furthering discrimination. Unfortunately, the message is dragged all over the place - religion, education, marriage, etc.

And Song of Solomon is sexy, but not quite as applicable. But you are right.

[eithne_erin]

Hmm, well, I do not know Latin, so I will take g_f's word on the inaccuracy of the translation. But I thought it was a lovely video/advertisement all the same. I certainly hope it works and the proposition fails!

[eirle]

Hey! I know people in this video! (They're actors from the Caltech community.) I was just watching the video while doing other things and suddenly someone I knew was on the screen! It was very disconcerting.

But the video was nice, if mistranslated(and a little too Christian for my tastes).