Marriage Equality & Religion: The Massachusetts Experience

Client: Empire State Pride Agenda
Format: Web Campaign
Broadcast: Apr 20, 2009
Duration: 6:16

For the last five years Linton Media has helped ESPA create emotional and engaging videos for their annual fall fundraising dinners.  In addition, we have created multiple web campaigns and helped them post statements and addresses to their supporters.  We have also assisted ESPA in posting their Dinner addresses onto their Youtube Channel.

One of the most dominant myths used by forces opposed to marriage equality is that allowing same-sex couples to marry would somehow negatively affect religious institutions or apply restrictions to their freedom to worship as they choose.

Although this myth is patently false, that has not stopped some opponents from using the claim to lead people to believe their religious freedom is in danger. Fortunately, in New York, we do not need to speculate on how religious institutions, spiritual life and the freedom to worship will be affected if the state passes a law allowing same-sex couples to marry. New York needs only to look to our neighbor to the east, Massachusetts — where marriages for same-sex couples have been legal since 2004 — to see that the worries about such a law negatively impacting people of faith have been unfounded.

Executive Producer:
Katherine Linton

Editor:
Christina Fontana

Director of Photography:
Vincent Venturella