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March 23, 2007 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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Jamie Babbit, director of the new film Itty Bitty Titty Committee and a Shaker Heights native, speaks at the 31st annual Cleveland International Film Festival. With her are her partner Andrea Sperling and their daughter Finley.

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had already been together for decades," he continued. "But couple after couple we talked to spoke of how surprised they were at how different it felt once they signed that piece of paper. Finally, society had recognized what they already knew: that their relationship was just as valid as everyone else's."

"And for gay people not looking to get married, the change was just as profound," he noted. "Seventeen-year-old Sam Zegas says something in the film that I could never say better, so I'll just quote him."

"All around you, you see straight culture. You see people who are middle-aged and have families, and I'm thinking, 'I'm gay and I have no idea what it looks like when I'm 40 years old,' and that's kind of a scary thought. Gay marriage has really changed that for me, because there's a picture now," Zegas says in the film. "There's a label. And now I can look forward and see there's a legitimate future for me and this is what it looks like."

As for whether the anti-gays will ultimately pass a constitutional amendment, Roth believes same-sex marriage will come to the

masses.

"If you look at the history of marriage, it's a constantly evolving institution. In biblical

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times, it was common for a man to be married to multiple wives. It wasn't that long ago that wives were considered to be property of their husbands," he stated. "My grandparents probably married just as much for economic reasons as they did for love. And my parents have watched 50 percent of their peers end their lifetime commitments in divorce."

"Gay marriage is just the next step in that evolution. It's coming and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. I think even the 'traditional' marriage folks know that, although they'll never admit it publicly," Roth said. "For them, it's just a question of how long they can delay the inevitable and how much money they can raise at the expense of gay people."

"Anyway," he concluded, "I never understood their argument that gay marriage would weaken the institution of marriage. What institution gets weaker when more people want, to join it?"

The Sunday, March 25 showing of Saving Marriage will be at 1:45 pm at the Tower City Cinemas, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.

Tickets can be purchased for CIFF films on their website, www.clevelandfilm.org, or by phone at 866-865-3456 (865-FILM). Use the code GPC for a $1 discount on tickets.

Tickets are also available at the CIFF box office in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas.

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