The Ad and the Auditions - and other marriage updates

recent quotes i like

"Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words." - ? | | | | | | |
"If there is anything I have learned from liberals and conservatives, it's that you can have great answers and still be mean... and that just as important as being right is being nice. " - shane claiborne | | | | | | |
"If Liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." --George Orwell ||||||
"On Facebook, no one can hear you scream." - I dont know ||||||
"The reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the laws in their favor; and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it." - Machiavelli ||||||

they couldn't find any real people out there to fit the parts:

the ad:
the apocololyptic near hysteria is almost humorous -

the auditions:
but these folks trying out for the ad, definitely are -

and a handy map of what states have passed what laws:

View Gay Marriage Map in a larger map
state level -
red: state constitutional ban
green: marriage
yellow: civil unions equal to marriage
blue: civil unions but less rights than marriage
pink: no marriage in state but recognize the marriages of other states

federal level -
marriages banned by the defense of marriage act(DOMA)

and a graph showing the composite results of nationwide polls: