Please Support Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness

Guest post by Gregory Warren Jr. - Associate Producer, Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness.
 
Thomas Allen Harris' new documentary project about same-sex marriage from an African American perspective is entitled Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness. The film was commissioned by Tribeca All Access Program and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa to highlight individuals who embody the principals of Nelson Mandela.
 
We chose to focus on Massachusetts State Representative and Civil Rights Movement veteran Byron Rushing, who together with a group of progressive Black clergy and activists, successfully won the hearts, minds and votes on the emotionally divisive issue of same-sex marriage, which is now legal in Massachusetts. Byron, who is straight, is perhaps an unlikely LGBT hero.
 
We are currently fundraising through United States Artist's new social media website. The only hitch is that we have to raise our goal of $10k in 4 days in order to access any of the funds. All donations are tax-deductible, please consider making a donation through the site.

Our goal is to complete the film in September and embark on a large outreach effort to gain support for and dialogue around the connection between Marriage Equality and the Civil Rights Movement within African American secular and religious communities across the country.  View film clip here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTK2z8LCbw8.
 
This film is important as it is one of the few films about people of color and same-sex marriage.
 
Contact Gregory Warren Jr. with outreach suggestions at gregwarrenjr@gmail.com.