“Set to air one day before the Supreme Court meets for its first private conference of the new session, a national advocacy group has created an ad that argues that “it’s time” for the high court to establish marriage equality nationwide.
The 30-second spot, produced by advocacy group Freedom to Marry, will first hit airwaves around Washington, D.C., during the Sunday morning talk shows, the group announced. Starting next week, the spot will be broadcast nationally on network television. Focusing on the critical legal protections denied couples in any of the 31 U.S. states without marriage equality, the ad highlights the dissonance between a society that claims to cherish independence and freedom but relegates many of its citizens to second-class status.”* Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Brian Unger break it down.
*Read more here from Sunnivie Brydum / Advocate:
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/09/26/watch-freedom-marry-tells-supreme-court-its-time