ACLU LINKThe site, which features 10 short streaming videos of real couples telling their stories, aims to show Americans that denying marriage protections to gay and lesbian couples and their families is unfair and harmful. Viewers are invited into the homes of ten ordinary couples whose lives demonstrate why marriage is necessary for themselves and their families. In the process, they draw attention to the many protections reserved in America exclusively for people able to marry.
"At
10Couples.org, Americans get to see that families headed by same-sex couples are pretty typical American families," said Matt Coles Director of the ACLU's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project. "Our families make the same commitments and face the same struggles, but we don't have the safety net that government provides through marriage, and this can cause terrible harm."
