tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post4793968452600835034..comments2024-03-05T23:31:44.106-08:00Comments on Gay Family Values: Right To Love Advanced Screening...Standing In The SpotlightGFVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950236433262366445noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-90545375871679362962012-01-04T03:17:05.558-08:002012-01-04T03:17:05.558-08:00I sincerely hope to find this movie on iTunes.
Ple...I sincerely hope to find this movie on iTunes.<br />Please, consider going global with the movie that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-72170015694244138182011-12-17T09:48:10.623-08:002011-12-17T09:48:10.623-08:00GO JOIN THE GREEK ARMY
THEIR MOTTO IS NEVER LEAVE...GO JOIN THE GREEK ARMY<br /><br />THEIR MOTTO IS NEVER LEAVE YOUR BUDDY'S BEHINDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-90757637657680443202011-12-15T20:40:11.857-08:002011-12-15T20:40:11.857-08:00It's not that you're amazing. It's th...It's not that you're amazing. It's that you highlight just how amazing people are and people can be. Bryan, the speech was absolutely excellent, especially coming from a self-confessed introvert, you did a hell of a job. Oh and errrr.... In the suits... you two are smokin' hot!!.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927466610984994034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-14621972013337039022011-12-15T19:20:03.809-08:002011-12-15T19:20:03.809-08:00You guys ARE amazing and I'll tell you why. B...You guys ARE amazing and I'll tell you why. Because instead of just living your lives as best you can, working around the limitations of a society that is still mostly ignorant, fearful, and hateful toward you... Instead of just saying, "Well, someday we will be equal, and until then we'll just sit nicely and quietly," you guys HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AND CALL BULLSHIT. You have the courage to fight for that better future, instead of just idly waiting for someone else to make it happen. You have the balls to broadcast your message to the entire world, and say, "Everything you have been told before now is a lie. We are not evil, we are not horrible, we are a normal, happy, healthy, loving family and here is what that looks like. Here is our life, and this is who we are." And you do this knowing that some people will still condemn you and fight even harder against equality, freedom and love.<br /><br />But you do it because you know that you ARE making a difference, and the more people who speak up and tell the truth, the faster we will change hearts and minds and help people to see that the only thing perverse in this culture war is the way so many otherwise good people have been brainwashed by bad religion and turned into vessels of hate and fear.<br /><br />YOU GUYS ROCK!! You are possibly the most courageous people I know of.WhistlersBrotherhttp://www.youtube.com/WhistlersBrothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-83858606890029993202011-12-15T17:26:06.822-08:002011-12-15T17:26:06.822-08:00The "Tooth Fairy" video HAD to be includ...The "Tooth Fairy" video HAD to be included! It's the best video you ever made, or at least the most perfect in purely cinematic terms. What other video have you done that conveys such a powerful impression of getting an intimate look at someone's family life? What other video takes such complete advantage of what modern, portable, light-sensitive cameras can do? It's visually dramatic, it's very funny, and it makes its points efficiently. It's just plain perfect.<br /><br />I wonder if you think that a video such as this is trivial, compared to more "serious" videos in which you explored some Major Issue in depth. It's not trivial at all. In a more perfect world it would be, I guess. But there would never have been a point in doing your videos in the first place, if people didn't need to be shocked into realizing that a family like yours does the same things as a family like theirs. When everyone begins to find it unremarkable that your family is having orindary experiences, then maybe a video such as this will become trivial, and you'll know that your work is done. But your work is not done quite yet!<br /><br />If I were introducing someone else to your channel who knew nothing about it, I would suggest that they start with the "Tooth Fairy" video. Nothing else captures in such a distilled form the essence of who you are and what your channel is about. If the producers of the documentary had blown the opportunity to include this video, I really would have questioned their judgment.<br /><br />On the other hand, I'm not the one who has to have the follow-up discussion with Selena...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-5992145733825848862011-12-15T13:44:14.826-08:002011-12-15T13:44:14.826-08:00AWESOME! SO HAPPY for you guys! This is just the...AWESOME! SO HAPPY for you guys! This is just the beginning.Michael Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610160406709197670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-83112956857808375882011-12-15T08:47:02.597-08:002011-12-15T08:47:02.597-08:00For me the highlight of our past vacation was not ...For me the highlight of our past vacation was not seeing the Golden Gate Bridge or the rugged beaches of the Pacific Ocean it was meeting your family. Whether you realize it or not..I think you can and ARE doing more for marriage equality than big organizations who constantly seek money. Don't get me wrong..we need those organizations politically but when you show your heart..that does more to change minds and hearts. Jay brilliantly figured that out the first time you made a vid. The evil "haters" will always be there..but just like the "Star Wars" series it's about good vs. evil-love vs. hate. Good WILL triumph<br />Thanks Bryan and Jay and Selena and Daniel-so proud of you here. And thanks for opening your house to these two Ohioans. You KNOW you are ALWAYS welcome here. (just come in the summer for your own sanity!) I HOPE the movie makes it to Cleveland!!<br />Love you guys!<br />Jim and DaveJim Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387924451130690320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-1289202842902803892011-12-15T08:40:25.826-08:002011-12-15T08:40:25.826-08:00Bryan, I’m glad your movie turned out to be everyt...Bryan, I’m glad your movie turned out to be everything you’d hoped it would be and more. Considering how so many of your individual videos make me tear up, I can’t help but be a little concerned over just how unglued in public I might become and how much of a spectacle I might be seeing all that stuff being put altogether and even amplified through the movie. But, if your film makes everyone cry, maybe my concerns are ill-founded and I should just relax.<br /><br />I totally get your discomfort over being told by YouTubers, etc. over how extraordinary your lives are or that you’re celebrities and the like. I happen to think you and Jay are special, but for reasons perhaps different than what you normally might hear. Because your videos have such a homey, friendly, personal touch to them, we get to see your fully true and authentic selves, that which normally only family members or close personal friends who spend a lot of time with you get to see. I get to see your real personalities which, even if there never had been any cameras rolling, I would find inherently lovable and, yes, special. I would love to have personal friends like you. I also get to see how you interact and I pay attention to your body language toward each other and those non-verbals just scream how much you love each other and how happy you are. And to be together for some 15 or 16 years and still that happy and in love – yes – I think is pretty special if not extraordinary. <br /><br />Perhaps one reason I feel this way is that, in terms of how you two get along, you are the polar opposites of my own parents. They didn’t get along well at all and I never, ever saw them hold each other, kiss, exchange “I love you’s,” snuggle up to each other in front of the TV or be silly and playful with each other and that was a cold and unhealthy environment to grow up in. So, seeing so much in you the polar opposites of what I grew up really blows me away and, yes, it feels really special to me….Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-20122351071705110352011-12-15T08:38:28.284-08:002011-12-15T08:38:28.284-08:00So nice to see people making a difference.So nice to see people making a difference.Curley61https://www.blogger.com/profile/11088633540287841220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-28694251750886188552011-12-14T22:44:44.798-08:002011-12-14T22:44:44.798-08:00congradulations of your parmier, and I am glad tha...congradulations of your parmier, and I am glad that you managed to enjoy yourself at it! I can't wait to find our when I will be able to see the film!aNorthWestViewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598507140332496283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-25827309269730504402011-12-14T22:35:12.464-08:002011-12-14T22:35:12.464-08:00Ahhh! I can't wait to watch it, Bryan! I'm...Ahhh! I can't wait to watch it, Bryan! I'm getting teary from just reading your post. You guys are absolutely amazing.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-23812904488515917652011-12-14T22:34:12.835-08:002011-12-14T22:34:12.835-08:00Whitman....that was amazing. Thanks for putting it...Whitman....that was amazing. Thanks for putting it like that. :)<br />BryanGFVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950236433262366445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-23881602773445445642011-12-14T22:28:15.234-08:002011-12-14T22:28:15.234-08:00Bryan, what makes you extraordinary isn't that...Bryan, what makes you extraordinary isn't that you and your family are living lives that are spectacularly unusual, it's that you share yourself so honestly and completely. So much of our time is spent interacting with people's public personas--we might work with someone for 10 years and still not really know them. When someone shares their inner self with you it's a gift, and usually that gift is reserved for only our closest friends and family. In your videos and especially in this blog, you and Jay share yourselves with us with tremendous honesty. When we sing your praises, it's because we recognize and are grateful for that gift.Whitmansspidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-77354184394785755962011-12-14T22:19:50.667-08:002011-12-14T22:19:50.667-08:00I'm so glad it turned out to be a good experie...I'm so glad it turned out to be a good experience all around. I look forward to seeing it for myself!Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.com