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Meet the big happy Berman-Cotlar fay of Bolr, Colorado. Two tw boys have two gay moms, one gay dad, and a stepsister.

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REAL 'MORN FAY': TWO GAY MOMS, ONE GAY DAD AND A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE

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Fergon, who is gay real life, and Stontreet played the beloved married uple Mchell Prchett and Cameron Tucker for eleven seasons on ABC's Morn Fay. Fergon was nomated for five Emmys for his role, and Stontreet was nomated for three, wng two awards for Outstandg Supportg Actor a Comedy uple was much ld for their pictn of everyday married life for a gay uple on an ABC s.

They also adopted a dghter, Lily, and later another child, beg one of the most visible exampl of a gay fay on TV for fans might be beggg for the whole st to rne, this cute rnn will have to hold over until then. The show was one of the first to have two openly gay characters—Mchell and Cameron Prchett (played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet, rpectively)—on prime-time TV.

However, her most ser relatnship has been wh on-aga, off-aga boyiend Dylan, played by openly gay actor Reid Ewg, who's appeared episos as early as Morn Fay's pilot. Jse, an openly gay actor, married Jt Mika July 2013.

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Together, they make up one of the most high-profile gay upl on prime time.

' They're relatg to , " says Fergon, who is openly gay and sgle.

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Pl, Fergon says, might help people be more fortable wh gay marriage. "I never want to seem embarrassed or ashamed that I'm playg a gay person.

So I would never want to be like, 'Hey, I'm not gay. "The gredients for a fay are kdns and love, iendship and unrstandg, " said real life, jt like on the seri "Morn Fay, " a gay fay experienc different suatns than most fai, like when the tws ll upstairs for their mother. But as years went by, eventually both Zwklis and Cotlar realized they were gay.

'MORN FAY' AND GAY MARRIAGE: IT'S COMPLITED

"Frank was there was to hold them first and he looked their ey and said, 'we have to figure out a schle, I have to be here, '" said Jaron and Seth have two moms and a dad - three gay parents and a stepsister Lren. "My fay [is] like everyone else 'e I do what every other 10-year- old the USA do… I wake up get ready for school go to school do stuff after school…even though I have gay parents that do not affect what I do at all, " said Berman Boys Don't Jt Have Two Moms, They Also Have a DadFrank liv nearby and spends every Sunday alone wh the boys.

Not everyone supports gay marriage, or havg a fay like this one. Gay marriage self has been a hotly bated natnal issue, and is only legal a handful of Berman-Cotlars are not alone. Many gay fai entered 'GMA''s search for real morn fai om all over the untry, cludg a fay Florida of two gay men and two lbians raisg children weeks ago, a vio went viral on YouTube: In ont of Iowa lawmakers, 19-year-old Zach Wahls stated his se for his two moms.

While Sofia Vergara’s Gloria waltzed her way to the hearts of gay men and lbians for wildly different reasons, was Cameron and Mchell’s lovg relatnship that ma LGBTQ viewers feel tly seen and reprented. Played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet, seeg a lovg (and bickerg) gay uple on primetime was a revelatn.

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