Must see: Couples talk about what marriage means to them

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Connolly v Roche is one of the lawsuits before the US District Court in Phoenix seeking to overturn Arizona’s ban on gay marriage. The plaintiffs are asking for a summary judgement and sent these videos of the plaintiff’s to the judge to convey how the ban makes life difficult and scary for committed couples who don’t have the rights to visitation, health care arrangements, child custody and care, etc., that straight couples simply take for granted. Attorneys for the plaintiffs have made the videos (which my honey Mark participated in the creation of) available to the public. Please share widely.

Here are Robin and Renee:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ3nCBqRado&w=500&h=315]

See the others here.

2 thoughts on “Must see: Couples talk about what marriage means to them”

  1. Donna, my partner are one of the couples in the lawsuit. Thank you for posting this and getting the information out there. We, the plaintiffs, have created a website, http://www.arizonaequality.org to post developments and track the case for our families, friends and supporters. We have posted more information about the Connolly v. Roche couples on the “presskit page”. If you click on “Profile” next to each couple, you’ll learn more about each of us and the same videos are posted there as well. We cannot express how grateful we are in words to the video team for pulling these stories together. We are blessed by the kindness and generosity of people we don’t even know who send kind words, work on the issue like your honey… He certainly is a sweetie for doing it. I think you should keep him!!! LOL. We are humbled and at the same time inspired. In those “OMG, did we do the right thing, it’s people like Mark, our legal team and certain unnamed people who have shown acts of kindness that we are blown away by… Thank you…

  2. That is a very moving video, but it angers me that Arizona still bans gay marriage and that we are still having to fight this fight at this late date. I realize Arizona is a conservative state, but this is not a conservative/liberal issue. It is a basic right. Kudos to your husband for getting the video made and good luck to the plaintiffs.

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