Moby Joins Michael Bloomberg In Urging New Yorkers To Support Gay Marriage

 
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 16, 2010

Singer-songwriter Moby 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.

“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,” Moby
says in the ad. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)

The campaign has previously featured actress Julianne Moore, fashion
 designer Kenneth Cole, Moutoussamy-Ashe, the widow of tennis 
great Arthur Ashe, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

In his ad, Bloomberg says he supports gay marriage because
“government shouldn't tell you who to love or who to marry.”

An effort last year to legalize gay marriage failed in the New York
 Senate after passage in the Assembly.

This year, gay marriage proponents have taken on the task of ousting
 senators who voted against the measure. The group Fight Back
New York has already taken out two of its marks. Hiram Monserrate was
defeated in a special election held in March and primary voters 
overwhelmingly picked Tim Kennedy, a pro-gay marriage candidate, 
over incumbent Bill Stachowski. The group is currently taking aim 
at New York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., the Senate's most vocal
 opponent of gay marriage.

The campaign is an effort to build momentum on the issue now, well
 ahead of a hoped-for vote next year.

On Thursday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo said
 he wants to be the New York governor that signs a gay marriage bill 
into law.

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF