If you wants to add class to something, getting Morgan Freeman to do the voiceover is always a good way to go. Now the actor has added his dulcet tone to a new marriage equality ad for the Human Rights Campaign, called ‘Dawn of a New Day for Marriage Equality’. He wants Americans to get behind gay marriage, saying “Now, across our country, we’re standing together for the right of gay and lesbian Americans to marry the person they love.”
The US has just had historic victories for equal marriage, with voters approving same sex marriage (and blocking the banning of it) in polls in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. While various measures have been put to voters in the last few years concerning equal marriage, this was the first time voters had gone in favour of gay partnerships.
However Freeman wants us to know that just because we’ve had some victories, there’s still a long way to go and the momentum needs to be maintained if equality is going to spread to other states.
Morgan has long supported gay rights, making many smile when he tweeted earlier this year, “I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.”
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