Actress Aisha Tyler has recorded an ad
for the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Americans for Marriage Equality
campaign.
“I'm married and my husband is
white,” Tyler, who is African-American, says in the video released
Wednesday. “But did you know that 40 or 50 years ago in many
American states it was illegal for black people and white people to
marry?”
“Well now we have that same injustice
here in the United States, because gays can't marry each other in
many states. And I support marriage equality because I believe that
everybody should have the right to marry who they love.” (The
video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit
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The 41-year-old Tyler is currently a
co-host of CBS' The Talk.
Lawmakers in Maryland, Washington and
New Jersey will consider a gay marriage bill this year. Supporters
in Maine are considering putting the question on this year's ballot,
while lawmakers in New Hampshire are set to debate a bill that would
repeal the state's 2-year-old gay marriage law. In North Carolina
and Minnesota, voters will decide on constitutional amendments that
would define marriage as a heterosexual union.
(Related: Cleveland
Browns linebacker Scott Fujita urges Americans to support gay
marriage.)
Recent contributors include Pariah's
Kim Wayans and Dee Rees, the film's star and writer-director,
respectively, Precious star Mo'Nique,
The Good Wife's Josh
Charles, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon
Ayanbedejo and Julian
Bond, chairman emeritus of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).