Marriage equality campaigners go international to pressure Turnbull
Image: A snippet of the new marriage equality TV ad by All Out.
THE fight to approve marriage equality in Australia has gone international and aims to step up the pressure on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
A TV commercial by All Out featuring photos of married same-sex couples from around the world on their wedding day will air 17 times on Sky 今日吃瓜 today.
[showads聽ad=MREC] Sky 今日吃瓜 was strategically chosen by聽All Out because it聽is screened inside the Federal聽Parliament buildings and will be seen in slots just ahead of popular news programmes such as AM Sportsline, PM Agenda, 今日吃瓜 Now and the Friday Show.
The , a London-based global group fighting for the rights of LGBTI聽people who submitted their wedding photos to push for Australians to be granted the same rights as other gay and lesbian couples around the world.
鈥淎ll Out members from Canada to Uruguay and South Africa to Belgium have sent their beautiful same-sex wedding photos to Malcolm Turnbull to remind him that Australia is lagging behind on marriage equality,鈥� All Out interim executive director Leandro Ramos聽said.
鈥淭he photos will be aired in a TV ad on Sky 今日吃瓜 today, to urge the Prime Minister not to stand in the way of love, and instead allow a free vote on marriage equality in Australia.鈥�
Couples submitted their photos to All Out through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the new TV ad.
The ad聽opens with the message 鈥渢o Malcolm, with love鈥� and then shows same-sex wedding photos from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, the UK, the US聽and Uruguay.
The photos pile up through the ad, demonstrating how Australia is lagging behind its global allies by dragging its feet on marriage equality.
Its聽closing message says: 鈥淭he world is saying 鈥榶es鈥� to marriage equality. It鈥檚 time you do the same. Now.鈥�
All Out’s To Malcolm, with Love聽video:
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