WATCH: Son Defends Two Moms in Prop. 8 Case

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http://www.advocate.com/News/News_Features/WATCH_Son_Defends_Two_Moms_in_Prop_8_Case/

Sometimes reality is the most effective rebuttal to arguments by homophobes who say children raised by same-sex parents are disadvantaged. Take 17-year-old Spencer Perry, for example.

His parents Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier are plaintiffs in the case that led to Proposition 8 being ruled unconstitutional on Tuesday. And Spencer Perry took to the podium on behalf of his three brothers during a major news conference to explain why his family deserves to be recognized by the state of California.

"When Proposition 8 doesn't allow parents like mine to marry, it isn't just defining their love as taboo or wrong, it says that our family — that my brothers, that my mothers — shouldn't belong," he argues in a video clip of the speech posted on Wednesday by the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which is backing the lawsuit.

The moment is reminiscent of when in Iowa in February 2011 a college student named Zach Wahls stood before a panel of lawmakers considering a constitutional amendment to overturn that state's marriage equality law. His three-minute case for marriage included a defense of his two moms and has been viewed on YouTube more than 2 million times.

[WillParkinson]

1. The next generation gives me hope....

That one day, in the not so distant future, people will look past race, creed, gender issues, and all the rest and just see people.

Zach Wahls and this young man should definitely lead the way.

[yardwork]

2. My sons are about the same age as that young man, and they are so wonderful.

I am so grateful, every minute, for my sons. They and their friends are incredible people. I do have a lot of hope that their generation will bring about revolutionary change. I just feel so badly that we are leaving them such a mess.

[beyurslf]

3. All the crazy homophobes have to do is look a middle or high school and they know they are losing.

That's why they are fighting so hard now. They have no chance in the future. Must be a bleak and sad existence to know your breed of hate is just dying out.

[LostinRed]

4. agreed

I can't remain the exact polls but a lot of them show that the < 40 crowd is in favor of gay marriage. I think it mostly boomer and later generations that are against it. They're on the wrong side of history.