Al Gore Supports Same-Sex Marriage

It's not every day a former Vice President, Academy Award winner, and Nobel Laureate (now there's a narrow niche) sticks his neck out to take a stand that he doesn't need to, but that's the story I'm happy to share with you now.

Al Gore has come out clearly, unequivocally, in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.

Even Wolfson. the Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, contributed this entry to The Huffington Post today. Wolfson linked to the video of Gore's statement and shared this quote:

I think it's wrong for the government to discriminate against people because of that person's sexual orientation.

I think that gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women, to make contracts, to have hospital visiting rights, to join together in marriage, and I don't understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage to allow it by gays and lesbians.

Shouldn't we be promoting that kind of faithfulness and loyalty to one's partner regardless of sexual orientation?

...[T]he loyalty and love that two people feel for one another when they fall in love ought to be celebrated and encouraged, and shouldn't be prevented by any form of discrimination in the law.

Wolfson added:

Gore is right -- ending same-sex couples' exclusion from marriage will help families and hurt no one. Same-sex couples across the country are doing the work of marriage in their everyday lives by taking care of each other and their families. For the same reason as non-gay couples, these couples and their kids need and deserve the freedom to marry, with the security, dignity, and safety net it brings through the ups and downs of life.

All I do is agree and congratulate Al Gore for adding his voice to the growing support for GLBT equality.

Click here to read the rest of Wolfson's post.