Ive watched a few documentaries about gay people getting married in America, I saw this was about to start on TV so I thought I'd check it out. I wasn't disappointed, it follows 6 couples in Massachusetts in 2004 and 2005 dealing with their right to get married.
At first glance all I kept thinking was they seemed like "All American Families" They take their kids to school, they work to make money just like I know they do. They just want to have what straight couples have, and since this is America I think/know they should. One the flip side of the coin are these lunatics who say they don't hate gays, but they are going to ruin everything. People are screaming out saying things such as, "If you allow this then you condone incest, polygamy, beastiality....." Could they be more wrong? They continue with, "One man, one woman, make children, no procreation, then no marriage" So by that wisdom then people who are infertile shouldn't be allowed to wed, or the elderly, is that what we are going to do now?
America is about removing restrictions, not imposing them. The crazies continue with "This is simply legalized perversion" One woman who they focus on who is on that side says, "If this happens then life is going to be a lot harder" Yeah, that makes sense, other people will be allowed to get married, your life is going to be full of hardships now. People like this really make me sick, she honestly thinks that if gays get married our society will collapse, she will be forced to defend her own marriage, just insanity.
Most of the film they focus on the fight in the state over the decision to allow gays to be married, and the couples who are planning their own marriages. One couple we see for a moment in it are gay men who have been together for 49 years, and are now able to get married, its so great for them, but also so sad that we let that right be with held from them for a half century. The women and men we see are normal people, there is no ear mark that screams gay about them, but they are. A man plays catch with his son, a little girl tells her Moms she wants to sing at their wedding, its adorable, and its normal. There is no proof that a kid coming out of a same sex household will be any different, if anything I think they would be more accepting.
Its not an issue of religion or sex, its a civil rights issue, they are trying to with hold rights from a group of tax paying citizens. Same thing with interracial marriage, its not about the race issue its about the right to do as you want in a free country and free society. As much as I hate the KKK or neo-Nazis if they want to have a march they have the right to do that, its wrong, but that's what comes with our freedoms. If hate mongering groups can march through DC or any other city in our country then why cant two people who love each other get married.
I liked how they just followed the people and didn't really ask questions or interfere that much, it was a straight up cultural documentary. Its a snap shot of our country that will be interesting to look at 5 years down the road or 50 years. 7/10 stars.
Director: Henry Corra
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