In explaining his support for marriage
equality, Jack Antonoff, the guitarist of the American band fun, said
that the issue is “black and white.”
Fun, which also includes lead vocalist
Nate Ruess and instrumentalist Andrew Dost, has been a vocal
supporter of gay rights, in particular the right to marry.
Emmy-winning actress Lena Dunham
(Girls) has repeatedly vowed not to marry boyfriend Antonoff
until her gay sister Mary can wed in “all places.”
Appearing on Larry King Now,
Antonoff compared gay rights to civil rights.
“It's one of the only issues that I
can think of right now that's entirely black and white,” Antonoff
told host Larry King. “I don't see any other side to it. I see no
argument.”
“You know politics, the economy,
international affairs, you look at all the stuff, there's so much
nuance, there's so much gray area. … There is no middle ground.”
“You're either for it or against it?”
King asked.
“Well, it's a human rights issue.”
“Yeah, a civil rights issue,” King
added.
“It's so important to realize, to not
be paralyzed and say, 'We're in that moment.' We're in that moment
when you can still have a debate with someone about trans rights, gay
rights. That's crazy. 10, 20 years from now my kids will say, they
won't even understand it, the same way I don't understand that kind
of racism,” Antonoff explained. (The video is embedded on this
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