The Philadelphia Phillies are the
latest MLB team to join the It
Gets Better Project.
Gay activist, sex advice columnist and
Rick
Santorum agitator Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project
to reach out to troubled LGBT teens who may be considering suicide
because they feel alone or are being bullied or harassed at school.
The videos offer a simple message: Hang in there because life gets
better.
The Phillies released their video on
Saturday. It stars pitchers Roy Halladay and Michael Stutes,
outfielders Hunter Pence and John Mayberry Jr., and second baseman
Chase Utley.
“The Philadelphia Phillies are proud
to join ItGetsBetter.org to let all LGBT young people know that life
gets better,” the players say in the 30-second ad. “We promise
it gets better.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this
page.)
In June, the San Francisco Giants
became the first MLB team to record a video for the campaign. Teams
that have followed suit include the Baltimore Orioles, the Seattle
Mariners, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston Red Sox, and the Chicago
Cubs.