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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.74,0:00:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was about 16 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.74,0:00:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can remember flipping through channels at home during summer vacation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.44,0:00:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for a movie to watch on HBO --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.97,0:00:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how many of you remember "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.48,0:00:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah, great movie, right? -- Well, I saw Matthew Broderick on the screen, and so I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.48,0:00:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sweet! Ferris Bueller. I'll watch this!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.20,0:00:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't Ferris Bueller. And forgive me Matthew Broderick,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.77,0:00:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you've done other movies besides Ferris Bueller, but that's how I remember you; you're Ferris.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.89,0:00:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you weren't doing Ferris-y things at the time; you were doing gay things at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.64,0:00:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in a movie called "Torch Song Trilogy."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.97,0:00:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "Torch Song Trilogy" was based on a play about this drag queen who essentially was looking for love.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.71,0:00:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love and respect -- that's what the whole film was about.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.78,0:00:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I'm watching it, I'm realizing that they're talking about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.93,0:00:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the drag queen part -- I am not shaving my hair for anyone -- but the gay part.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.53,0:01:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The finding love and respect, the part about trying to find your place in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.74,0:01:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I'm watching this, I see this powerful scene that brought me to tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.09,0:01:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it stuck with me for the past 25 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.29,0:01:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's this quote that the main character, Arnold, tells his mother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.40,0:01:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they're fighting about who he is and the life that he lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.56,0:01:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's one thing more -- there's just one more thing you better understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.78,0:01:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.81,0:01:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can even pat myself on the back when necessary,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.67,0:01:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.17,0:01:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.85,0:01:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.30,0:01:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that scene like it was yesterday; I was 16, I was in tears, I was in the closet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.06,0:02:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm looking at these two people, Ferris Bueller and some guy I'd never seen before,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.42,0:02:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting for love.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.72,0:02:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I finally got to a place in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.85,0:02:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I came out and accepted who I was, and was really quite happy, to tell you the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.47,0:02:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was happily gay and I guess that's supposed to be right because gay means happy too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.62,0:02:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized there were a lot of people who weren't as gay as I was --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.95,0:02:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gay being happy, not gay being attracted to the same sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.17,0:02:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I heard that there was a lot of hate and a lot of anger
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.21,0:02:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of frustration and a lot of fear\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.82,0:02:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who I was and the gay lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.69,0:02:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm sitting here trying to figure out "the gay lifestyle," "the gay lifestyle,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.01,0:02:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I keep hearing this word over and over and over again: lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.42,0:02:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've even heard politicians say that the gay lifestyle is a greater threat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.05,0:02:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to civilization than terrorism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.96,0:02:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I got scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.94,0:03:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm thinking, if I'm gay and I'm doing something that's going to destroy civilization,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.06,0:03:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to figure out what this stuff is, and I need to stop doing it right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.06,0:03:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I took a look at my life, a hard look at my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.98,0:03:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw some things very disturbing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.20,0:03:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.04,0:03:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to begin sharing these evil things that I've been doing with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.80,0:03:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with my mornings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.09,0:03:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drink coffee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.14,0:03:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only do I drink coffee, I know other gay people who drink coffee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.03,0:03:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get stuck in traffic --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.67,0:03:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evil, evil traffic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.15,0:03:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I get stuck in lines at airports.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.32,0:03:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look around, and I go, "My God, look at all these gay people!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.59,0:04:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all trapped in these lines! These long lines trying to get on an airplane!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.03,0:04:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My God, this lifestyle that I'm living is so freaking evil!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.26,0:04:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I clean up. This is not an actual photograph of my son's room; his is messier.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.64,0:04:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I have a 15-year-old, all I do is cook and cook and cook.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.02,0:04:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any parents out there of teenagers? All we do is cook for these people --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.96,0:04:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they eat two, three, four dinners a night -- it's ridiculous!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.77,0:04:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the gay lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.41,0:04:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after I'm done cooking and cleaning and standing in line and getting stuck in traffic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.20,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my partner and I, we get together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we decide that we're gonna go and have some wild and crazy fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.96,0:04:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.78,0:04:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're usually in bed before we find out who's eliminated on "American Idol."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.14,0:04:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to wake up and find out the next day who's still on
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.35,0:05:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're too freaking tired to hear who stays on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.44,0:05:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the super duper evil gay lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.81,0:05:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Run for your heterosexual lives, people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.67,0:05:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.07,0:05:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my partner, Steve, and I first started dating,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.72,0:05:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he told me this story about penguins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.32,0:05:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't know where he was going with it at first.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.77,0:05:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was kind of a little bit nervous when he was sharing it with me, but he told me that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.70,0:05:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a penguin finds a mate that they want to spend the rest of their life with,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.06,0:05:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they present them with a pebble -- the perfect pebble.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.66,0:05:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he reaches into his pocket, and he brings this out to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.27,0:05:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I looked at it, and I was like, this is really cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.25,0:05:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.68,0:06:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wear this whenever I have to do something that makes me a little nervous,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.22,0:06:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, I don't know, a TEDx talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.80,0:06:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wear this when I am apart from him for a long period of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.79,0:06:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes I just wear it just because.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.41,0:06:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many people out there are in love? Anyone in love out there?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.33,0:06:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might be gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.50,0:06:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.93,0:06:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I, too, am in love, and apparently that's part of the gay lifestyle that I warned you about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.48,0:06:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.74,0:06:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may want to tell your spouse. Who, if they're in love, might be gay as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.32,0:06:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you are single? Any single people out there?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.22,0:06:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You too might be gay! Because I know some gay people who are also single.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.38,0:07:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really scary, this gay lifestyle thing; it's super duper evil and there's no end to it!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.13,0:07:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes and goes and engulfs!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.47,0:07:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really quite silly, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.33,0:07:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I'm so happy to finally hear President Obama come out and say
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.72,0:07:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\N(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.71,0:07:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he supports --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.78,0:07:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.20,0:07:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he supports marriage equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.56,0:07:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wonderful day in our country's history; it's a wonderful day in the globe's history
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.13,0:07:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to have an actual sitting president say, enough of this --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.18,0:07:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first to himself, and then to the rest of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.89,0:07:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.98,0:07:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's something that's been disturbing me since he
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.37,0:07:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made that remark just a short time ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.11,0:07:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is, apparently, this is just another move by the gay activists
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.67,0:07:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's on the gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.15,0:08:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm disturbed by this because I've been openly gay now for quite some time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.86,0:08:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been to all of the functions, I've been to fundraisers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.55,0:08:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've written about the topic, and I have yet to receive my copy of this gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.04,0:08:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.72,0:08:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've paid my dues on time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.51,0:08:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.06,0:08:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've marched in gay pride flags parades and the whole nine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.35,0:08:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've yet to see a copy of the gay agenda.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.69,0:08:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very, very frustrating, and I was feeling left out, like I wasn't quite gay enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.66,0:08:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then something wonderful happened: I was out shopping, as I tend to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.86,0:08:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I came across a bootleg copy of the official gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.28,0:08:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said to myself, "LZ, for so long, you have been denied this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.69,0:08:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get in front of this crowd, you're gonna share the news.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.70,0:08:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're gonna spread the gay agenda so no one else has to wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.57,0:09:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what exactly is in the gay agenda?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.10,0:09:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are these gays up to?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.58,0:09:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they want?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.41,0:09:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, without further ado, I will present to you, ladies and gentlemen --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.80,0:09:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now be careful, 'cause it's evil -- a copy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.03,0:09:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the official copy, of the gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.46,0:09:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.27,0:09:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gay agenda, people!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.24,0:09:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.18,0:09:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There it is!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.23,0:09:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you soak it all in? The gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.07,0:10:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may be calling it, what,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.32,0:10:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Constitution of the United States, is that what you call it too?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.46,0:10:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The U.S. Constitution is the gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.66,0:10:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These gays, people like me, want to be treated like full citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.57,0:10:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's all written down in plain sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.47,0:10:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was blown away when I saw it. I was like, wait, this is the gay agenda?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.18,0:10:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why didn't you just call it the Constitution so I knew what you were talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.39,0:10:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have been so confused; I wouldn't have been so upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.07,0:10:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there it is. The gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.78,0:10:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Run for your heterosexual lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.59,0:10:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that in all the states where there is no shading that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.32,0:10:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.46,0:10:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be kicked out of their apartments
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.55,0:10:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.69,0:11:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the only reason that a landlord needs to have them removed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.86,0:11:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's no protection from discrimination of GLBT people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.70,0:11:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know in the states where there's no shading that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.85,0:11:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be fired for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.03,0:11:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not based upon the quality of your work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.04,0:11:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how long you've been there, if you stink,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.04,0:11:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just if you're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.72,0:11:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of which flies in the face of the gay agenda,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.05,0:11:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as the U.S. Constitution.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.76,0:11:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specifically, this little amendment right here:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.44,0:11:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.69,0:11:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of citizens of the United States."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.92,0:12:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm looking at you, North Carolina.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.96,0:12:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're not looking at the U.S. Constitution.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.56,0:12:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.87,0:12:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the rights that were already written by these people --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.05,0:12:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these elitists, if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.47,0:12:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Educated, well-dressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.50,0:12:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.19,0:12:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some would dare say questionably dressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.93,0:12:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.71,0:12:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nonetheless, our forefathers, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.49,0:12:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people that, we say, knew what they were doing when they wrote the Constitution --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.72,0:12:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gay agenda, if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.90,0:12:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of that flies in the face of what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.22,0:12:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the reason why I felt it was imperative that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.73,0:12:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I presented you with this copy of the gay agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.07,0:13:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I figured if I made it funny, you wouldn't be as threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.05,0:13:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured if I was a bit irreverent, you wouldn't find it serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.61,0:13:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you see the map, and you see our state of Michigan --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.04,0:13:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's legal to fire someone
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.68,0:13:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.58,0:13:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's legal to remove someone from their home
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.84,0:13:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.45,0:13:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you realize that this whole conversation about marriage equality
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.44,0:13:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not about stripping someone's rights away,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.91,0:13:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about granting them the rights that [have] already been stated.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.49,0:13:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're just trying to walk in those rights that have already been stated,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.95,0:13:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've already agreed upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.46,0:13:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people living in fear
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.76,0:14:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of losing their jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.38,0:14:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't show anyone who they really are
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.47,0:14:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right here at home. This isn't just about North Carolina;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.28,0:14:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those states that were clear, it's legal.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.96,0:14:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could brag for a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.19,0:14:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a 15-year-old son from my marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.29,0:14:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has a 4.0.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.04,0:14:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is starting a new club at school, Policy Debate.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.48,0:14:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a budding track star;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.71,0:14:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has almost every single record in middle school for every event that he competed in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.17,0:14:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He volunteers.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.67,0:14:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He prays before he eats.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.91,0:14:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to think, as his father -- and he lives with me primarily --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.10,0:15:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had a little something to do with all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.02,0:15:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to think that he's a good boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.93,0:15:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a respectful young man. I would like to think that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.30,0:15:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've proven to be a capable father.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.99,0:15:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I were to go to the state of Michigan today,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.74,0:15:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to adopt a young person who is in an orphanage,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.68,0:15:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be disqualified for only one reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.28,0:15:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.63,0:15:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what I've already proven, what I can do with my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.44,0:15:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because of what the state of Michigan says that I am
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.04,0:15:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am disqualified for any sort of adoption.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.88,0:15:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not just about me,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.91,0:15:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's about so many other Michiganders, U.S. citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.81,0:15:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't understand why what they are
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.97,0:16:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so much more significant than who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.25,0:16:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This story just keeps playing over and over
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.63,0:16:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over again in our country's history.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.12,0:16:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time in which, I don't know,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.98,0:16:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who were black couldn't have the same rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.01,0:16:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who happened to be women didn't have the same rights, couldn't vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.32,0:16:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a point in our history in which, if you were considered disabled,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.11,0:16:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an employer could just fire you, before the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.85,0:16:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We keep doing this over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.20,0:16:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so here we are, 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.79,0:16:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gay agenda,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.12,0:16:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gay lifestyle, and I'm not a good dad
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.98,0:16:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people don't deserve to be able to protect their families
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.49,0:16:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of what they are, not who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.16,0:17:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you hear the words "gay lifestyle" and "gay agenda" in the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.81,0:17:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I encourage you to do two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.21,0:17:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, remember the U.S. Constitution, and then two,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.50,0:17:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you wouldn't mind looking to your left, please.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.62,0:17:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look to your right.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.78,0:17:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That person next to you is a brother, is a sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.24,0:17:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they should be treated with love and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.86,0:17:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.