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Editor's Notes
Introduction to presentation. Open with history of equal rights.
Begin to draw parallels between racial segregation and discrimination against gay marriage
Show how far we have dramatically progressed as a society over the last 50 years
Note that we still have a long way to go when it comes to providing equal rights for everyone. Begin story of growing up with a homosexual friend and the challenges she faced growing up.
Continue story about my friend and the fact that she was unable to bring a same-sex partner to prom and how this fore-shadows the future of her struggle to gain equality and be able to get married.
Go into detail about how same-sex couples deserve to get married in order to gain all the benefits heterosexual couples receive.
Explain how gay marriage will solidify families and help get rid of the stigma attached to same-sex couples adopting children. Reference studies that conclude that same-sex couples have the same ability to raise children as heterosexual couples
Begin to pull the audience into excepting gay marriage by providing them with information on how they can benefit from it.
Ho into detail on how legalization of Gay Marriage will boost city and state economies dramatically.
Explain the benefits we will receive as a society by evolving our state of mind and how our progressive views will help shape the next generation and how eventually they’re will be a truly larger balance within the world.
Explain the parallels of how imbalance effects every aspect of life such as the fact that 1% of the people in our country control 42% of the countries wealth
Express how tolerance will result in more harmony within our society and how that will benefit everyone socially and economically.
Get the audience involved by letting them know what they can do to help the movement stay on course.
Encourage the audience to speak up about how they feel and express themselves to help promote equality and how everybody’s voice is important.
Explain how staying silent is just a bad as opposing equality. You you don’t speak up your voice won’t be heard.
Encourage the audience to go out and vote and get involved in their community efforts.
Tell a story a love story about a same-sex couple I personally know and express how they feel and try to have the audience empathize with them.
Go over the steps we need to take in order to promote equality and same-sex marriage. Explain that we need to move forward and not start going backwards in our ways as a society.
Explain how unity is necessary for us to have in order to grow and work together.
Outro. Conclude with a summary of all the benefits of gay marriage and why it is so equality is so important and what we can do to promote it,
