{"id":8407,"date":"2017-09-24T08:59:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T03:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=8407"},"modified":"2017-09-24T08:59:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T03:14:26","slug":"meet-three-same-sex-couples-who-just-want-you-to-vote-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/meet-three-same-sex-couples-who-just-want-you-to-vote-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Three Same-Sex Couples Who Just Want You To Vote \u201cYes\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-details-group clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-image-container clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium wp-post-image\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/junkee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/video.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, 680px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/junkee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/video.png 1024w, http:\/\/junkee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/video-660x440.png 660w, http:\/\/junkee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/video-680x454.png 680w, http:\/\/junkee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/video-480x320.png 480w, http:\/\/junkee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/video-320x213.png 320w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-copy-container clearfix\">\n<p>Kathmandu (Pahichan) September 24 &#8211; If you needed one more reason to vote Yes in the marriage equality postal survey, let this be it. This beautiful short film, For Better, was put together by\u00a0Sydney-based Creative Partnership,\u00a0Brand+Story.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Josh Whiteman and Paul Chappell, the beautifully simple film\u00a0features gay couples in long-term relationships talking about their hopes for the right to marry.<\/p>\n<p>The three couples are Bill and Andrew, who have been together for 27 years, have three children and two\u00a0grandchildren, Dawn and Robin, who have been together for 34 years, and Neville and Ian, who have been together for 40 years. Nevill is 97.<\/p>\n<p>The video features the three couples talking about how they met, their lives together and why they want to get married. It turns out, they\u2019re just like every other loving couple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to make that final step, and may we continue this lifelong partnership,\u201d says Ian in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s nice, isn\u2019t it,\u201d Neville responds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"plista_widget_outstream_59c72235a1d6690\" class=\"plista_widget_outstream\" data-widget=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>Honestly if this doesn\u2019t bring a tear to your eye, nothing will.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-WE0Z-gUYc?feature=oembed\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-WE0Z-gUYc?feature=oembed\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Whiteman describes the campaign as \u201ca small contribution to the incredible work Australian Marriage Equality and other organisations have done on this important issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur approach was to engage borderline No Voters with stories of older couples who have been together in long-term, committed relationships. Many people in the Queer community hold \u2018traditional\u2019 views on marriage, believing it\u2019s meant to celebrate long term commitment, protect children and provide stability. These views disarm many of the \u2018No\u2019 arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what initially appears as a message from the \u2018No\u2019 side soon reveals itself to be a moving exploration of these couples\u2019 desire to marry and enjoy all that comes along with that. We dearly hope the film shows that voting \u2018Yes\u2019 will lead to a better world for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Chappell said \u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful for the support of the crew and Post Partners who donated their time and services to make this happen. When I think about Neville at 97 years old, desperate to marry his partner of almost 40 years, we really need to get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copy :\u00a0http:\/\/junkee.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu (Pahichan) September 24 &#8211; If you needed one more reason to vote Yes in the marriage equality postal survey, let this be it. This beautiful short film, For Better, was put together by\u00a0Sydney-based Creative Partnership,\u00a0Brand+Story.<br \/>\nCreated by Josh Whiteman and Paul Chappell, the beautifully simple film\u00a0features gay couples in long-term relationships talking about their hopes for the right to marry.<br \/>\nThe three couples are Bill and Andrew, who have been together for 27 years, have three children and two\u00a0grandchildren, Dawn and Robin, who have been together for 34 years, and Neville &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,490,11],"tags":[894],"class_list":["post-8407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-slider","category-world","tag-same-sex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8409,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407\/revisions\/8409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}