The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a petition to encourage
producers of the television comedy "Modern Family" to allow gay
characters Cam and Mitch to marry.
"[S]eeing them get married, and
seeing the characters in the story grapple with their desire to get
married, makes it real for a bigger part of America," said James Esseks,
director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project at
the ACLU.