Fidelity

This video is part of a project by the Courage Campaign to get try and convince the California Supreme Court to nullify Proposition 8. I'm skeptical about the power of petitions to shift Supreme Court decisions (seems a bit antithetical to the way courts work), but I did, somehow, find the video super affecting.

I hope that a video like this could help people move beyond their extreme prejudice against same-sex relationships. At the same time, I am hesitant to believe that such a video would be effective for people who feel strongly opposed to same-sex love. I know that my reaction to emotionally powerful videos advocating political positions that I dislike often seem emotionally manipulative to me and anger rather than persuade me. I can only imagine a similar reaction from gay marriage's strongest opponents. Perhaps the video might be effective for people who don't feel strongly, but only remain neutral or react with a "we've never done it that way before" sort of misgiving, though. And, perhaps those are the people that actually need convincing anyway.


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo

oh, and thanks to S. for linking to the Courage Campaign petition via facebook so i saw the video.