Fran Drescher Joins Moby In Urging New Yorkers To Support Gay Marriage

Actress Fran Drescher appears in a new ad supporting gay marriage

in New York.

The ads, backed by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's

largest gay advocate, feature prominent celebrities and politicians

urging New Yorkers to join the campaign for gay marriage.

“With a voice like this, you know I got to be a New Yorker,” Drescher

says in the ad, referring to her unmistakable nasal drawl. “But I'm

also an American. And to me that means justice and equality and

liberty for everyone.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of

this page.)

The campaign has previously featured singer-songwriter Moby,

Moutoussamy-Ashe, the widow of tennis great Arthur Ashe, and

In his ad, Moby says, “One of the things that made me most proud of

being a New Yorker for decades is the fact that we embrace all people

and walks of life.”

The campaign hopes to build momentum on the issue now, ahead of

a hoped-for vote next year to legalize gay marriage in the state after

last year's failed bid.

Adamfoxie blog Int.