Macklemore & Lewis’ “Same Love” is more than a pro-gay marriage anthem

WATCH: Macklemore On The Very Personal Inspiratn Behd His Gay Marriage Anthem * macklemore gay marriage *

“The fact that a song solely dited to the msage of marriage equaly is climbg the charts and quickly beg a popular song across the untry is a big al, ” said Charlie Jough, a spokman for the Human Rights Campaign, the largt gay rights anizatn. ”Rad programmers say “Same Love” seems to have ptured the natn’s mood, reflectg growg support among young adults for gay marriage pollg.

Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” was a chart-toppg song 2011 that generally affirmed acceptance of homosexualy, and artists like Katy Perry, Fun and Kacey Mgrav have ma support for gay rights part of their public farther back, Melissa Etheridge, who is openly gay, sred Top 10 hs the 1990s wh songs about her lbian relatnships, “Come to My Wdow” and “I’m the Only One.

”But Macklemore has offered up an overtly polil msage favor of gay marriage om the pot of view of a straight man.

INSI MACKLEMORE’S CSA FOR GAY MARRIAGE

U.S. rapper Macklemore is wadg to Atralia's gay-marriage bate by vowg to sg his marriage equaly anthem Same Love durg a weekend gby fal. * macklemore gay marriage *

“This is a song that has the most unequivol pro-equaly msage to ever be exprsed a major sgle, and ’s really reached a wi range of dienc, ” said Rich Ferraro, a spokman for GLAAD, a gay-right anizatn that tracks the song, Macklemore tak other rappers to task for g gay slurs, ti abive language to bullyg of gay teenagers and mocks relig lears for opposg gay marriage. He said he thought the ephets routely heard rap mic might be partly to blame, and that nyg gay adults the right to marry might also ntribute to spair among gay teenagers.

He also wanted to wre a song, he said, to support his two gay uncl and his gay godfather Seattle, all of whom are mted relatnships. Lewis released a vio for the song wh a rosy pictn of a gay marriage that polil anizers said helped fluenced the vote. The song had moved him, he said, and seemed timely bee a bill allowg gays to enter civil unns was up for a vote the Colorado Legislature.

RAPPER MACKLEMORE WAS TO ATRALIA'S GAY MARRIAGE BATE

CANBERRA, Atralia (AP) — U.S. rapper Macklemore is wadg to Atralia's gay-marriage bate by vowg to sg his marriage equaly anthem "Same Love" durg a weekend gby fal. Benjam Haggerty, whose stage name is Macklemore, will be headlg the pre-game entertament Sydney on Sunday at the Natnal Rugby League Grand Fal, the Atralian versn of the Super Bowl. But wh the natn the midst of a two-month postal ballot to gge public opn toward legalizg gay marriage, some opponents of change want "Same Love" censored. Macklemore told Los Angel Rad KPWR before flyg to Sydney on Thursday that he was aware of the ntroversy but would not change his song list. "It's tertg actually bee I'm playg 'Same Love' and they're gog through right now tryg to legalize same-sex marriage Atralia, so I'm gettg a lot of tweets om angry, old whe dus Atralia," Macklemore said. "I thk there was a petn today to ban me om playg," he add. "I'm gonna go harr." Some senr ernment figur who oppose gay marriage and other high-profile gby fans acced the league of policizg the game. League chief executive Todd Greenberg said his anizatn had to take a posn on same-sex marriage as part of s diversy policy. "I thk is one of the bravt and bt cisns we have ma for pre-match entertament, but people will be the judge of that on Sunday," Greenberg told reporters. Former Prime Mister Tony Abbott, a gay marriage opponent who termed two years that his ernment should ask the Atralian public to ci the issue, tweeted on Wednday that gby fans "shouldn't be subjected to a policized grand fal. Sport is sport." "Everyone has a right to exprs their opn. The opn that I exprsed yterday was that the NRL had ma a poor ll dog what they did," Abbott told reporters on Thursday Attorney-General Gee Brandis, who supports gay marriage, supported Macklemore's performance of "Same Love" a stadium filled wh 85,000 people and to be broadst natnally. "It is one of his most popular songs, and for Mr. Abbott or anyone else to say that should be banned, I thk is a bizarre thg to say," Brandis told Atralian Broadstg Corp. "I thought Mr. Abbott believed eedom of speech." More than 16 ln Atralians have been asked a postal ballot whether they thk the law should be changed to allow same-sex marriage. The rult will be announced Nov. 15. If a majory of mail- rpons support marriage equaly, Parliament will nsir a bill to legalize gay marriage wh a month. Some lawmakers have said they will vote down a same-sex marriage bill regardls of public opn. * macklemore gay marriage *

Sayg his four "hella gay" uncl were an fluence, Macklemore relled, "I thk that lookg at the hip-hop muny, and holdg myself acuntable the hip-hop muny, was what I red about.

"Still, he says he believ the tis are turng as far as the hip-hop world's stance on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny is ncerned: "The last year has gotten a lot better, but for so long, was jt an issue that nobody touched on. Meanwhile, on the most prsg civil rights issue of the tim—gay marriage, which he profs to support—the exhstgly cluels Emem suggted on “Rap God” that he might “break a motherfuck’ table over the back of a uple faggots and crack half.

” In the face of such squanred opportuni to e rap to say somethg meangful about anyone’s rights, was utterly rehg to see the somewhat geeky, un-posturg Macklemore (along wh utterly nonscript sikick Ryan Lewis) step up to the plate and liver thoughtful mentary on the changg ti on gay rights Ameri. Wh the song already ed to spearhead a succsful referendum on gay marriage Washgton, his straightforward msage of hope and progrs hs the mark durg a pivotal pot of cultural shift on the issue.

RAPPER MACKLEMORE WAS TO ATRALIA’S GAY MARRIAGE BATE

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He was flyg to a fierce natnwi bate on gay marriage, thanks to the untry’s ongog referendum (the rults of which will be announced on Nov. The 34-year-old’s performance at the Rugby League Fal was due to feature his 2012 plea for gay and lbian equaly “Same Love” (performed wh his regular mic partner Ryan Lewis and sger Mary Lambert), which rankled badly wh many nservative members of ernment. “Some people were sayg, ‘He’s tryg to ph the gay agenda, ’ or, ‘You’ll turn gay if you listen to Macklemore, ’ ” the rapper says.

‘Some people were sayg, ‘He’s tryg to ph the gay agenda, ’ or, ‘You’ll turn gay if you listen to Macklemore. “It’s a macho, gladiator sport, like football is Ameri, ” says Macklemore, who famoly performed the song wh Madonna at the Grammys 2014, as sr of upl (both straight and gay) were married onstage.

MACKLEMORE SGS GAY ANTHEM AT ATRALIAN RUGBY FAL AMID SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOTE

Contrary to speculatn, Macklemore isn't gay. Many fans had assumed the rapper was after he released the song 'Same Love', which talks about legalisg same-sex marriage. The vio for the song was featured YouTube's Pri Week. I an terview wh Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately, Macklemore acknowledged the mours about his sexualy, but nfirmed that he was engaged to long-term girliend Tricia Davis." name="scriptn * macklemore gay marriage *

Released 2012, the song Same Love by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis beme “the first song to explicly embrace and promote gay marriage that has ma to the Top 40″(1). (4) In the mic vio for “Same Love”, begs wh a scene of a mother givg birth to a child, who is later revealed to be gay.

By begng the story of the fictnal gay man the vio at this birth, solidifi and symboliz the fact that people are born wh a certa sexual orientatn: is not a choice that n be ma or unma by practicg a certa relign or unrgog the right amount of ‘therapy’. Rapper Macklemore is wadg to Atralia's gay-marriage bate by vowg to sg his marriage equaly anthem Same Love durg a weekend gby fal.

SEXUALY: IS MACKLEMORE GAY?

Followg the Uned Stat Supreme Court lgs on two separate gay marriage issu, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' gay equaly anthem "Same Love" jumps to the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 sgl chart this week. * macklemore gay marriage *

Rapper Macklemore, seen performg last week, is wadg to Atralia's gay-marriage bate by vowg to sg his marriage equaly anthem Same Love durg a weekend football grand fal. Rapper Macklemore is wadg to Atralia's gay-marriage bate by vowg to sg his marriage equaly anthem Same Love durg a weekend gby fal.

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS’ GAY EQUALY ANTHEM HS TOP 20 ON HOT 100

As the Supreme Court nsirs two same-sex marriage s this week, gay-rights acceptance has been risg hip-hop. * macklemore gay marriage *

Benjam Haggerty, whose stage name is Macklemore, will be headlg the pre-game entertament Sydney on Sunday at the Natnal Rugby League Grand Fal, the Atralian versn of the Super wh the natn the midst of a two-month postal ballot to gge public opn toward legalizg gay marriage, some opponents of change want Same Love censored.

"Some senr ernment figur who oppose gay marriage and other high-profile gby fans acced the league of policizg the chief executive Todd Greenberg said his anizatn had to take a posn on same-sex marriage as part of s diversy policy.

"I thk is one of the bravt and bt cisns we have ma for pre-match entertament, but people will be the judge of that on Sunday, " Greenberg told of postal ballot forthgFormer Prime Mister Tony Abbott, a gay marriage opponent who termed two years that his ernment should ask the Atralian public to ci the issue, tweeted on Wednday that gby fans "shouldn't be subjected to a policized grand fal. The opn that I exprsed yterday was that the NRL had ma a poor ll dog what they did, " Abbott told reporters on ThursdayAttorney-General Gee Brandis, who supports gay marriage, supported Macklemore's performance of Same Love a stadium filled wh 85, 000 people and to be broadst natnally.

JAY-Z, MACKLEMORE, A$AP ROCKY LEAD GAY-RIGHTS SHIFT IN HIP-HOPAS SUPREME COURT NSIRS TWO MARRIAGE-EQUALY S, RAPPERS SPEAK UP AFTER YEARS OF HOMOPHOBIC LYRICS AND MACHO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY GIL KFMANMARCH 27, 2013/3:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANMARCH 27, 2013 / 3:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAY-Z, MACKLEMORE, A$AP ROCKY LEAD GAY-RIGHTS SHIFT IN HIP-HOP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-03-27T19:07:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-03-27T19:07:12.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE SUPREME COURT TAK UP THE SEND OF TWO POTENTIALLY [ARTICLE ID="1704369"]LANDMARK GAY-MARRIAGE S[/ARTICLE] WEDNDAY (MARCH 27), ANOTHER MAJOR SHIFT ATTUS ABOUT GAY RIGHTS IS ALREADY WELL UNR WAY AND GAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A$AP ROCKY BEME THE LATT HIP-HOP STAR TO SPEAK OUT ON GAY RIGHTS A [ARTICLE ID="1704340"]NEW VER STORY[/ARTICLE] INTERVIEW MAGAZE, JOG THE RANKS OF JAY-Z, 50 CENT, SNOOP DOGG AND MACKLEMORE. THE CHANGE ATTU A GENRE THAT HAS LONG TRAFFICKED MACHO POSTURG LACED WH UNAPOLOGETIC HOMOPHOBIA GOT A MAJOR LIFT LAST YEAR WHEN ODD FUTURE CROONER FRANK OCEAN REVEALED THE LER NOT OF HIS GRAMMY-WNG CHANNEL ORANGE ALBUM THAT HIS [ARTICLE ID="1689035"]FIRST LOVE WAS A MAN[/ARTICLE].{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS TOOK THE SELF-OUTG OF A RPECTED, üBER-TALENTED MEMBER OF THE TRIBE TO OPEN THE FLOODGAT, BUT SCE OCEAN'S REVELATN, A NUMBER OF MAJOR STARS HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE SPOKE TO INTERVIEW, ROCKY TOLD HIP HOP DX THAT AFTER BEG PEGGED AS "WEIRD" AND "GAY" FOR LIKG HIGH-END FASHN, HE HAD A MAJOR CHANGE OF HEART. "I ED TO BE HOMOPHOBIC, BUT AS I GOT OLR, I REALIZED THAT WASN'T THE WAY TO DO THGS," HE SAID. "I DON'T DISCRIMATE AGAST ANYBODY FOR THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCE, FOR THEIR SK LOR ... THAT'S IMMATURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNOOP DOGG, ALSO SPIRED BY OCEAN, SCRIBED TO THE MONTREAL GAZETTE LAST SUMMER HOW HIS ATTU HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. "PEOPLE ARE LEARNG HOW TO LIVE AND GET ALONG MORE AND ACCEPT PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE AND NOT BASH THEM OR HURT THEM BEE THEY'RE DIFFERENT," HE SAID. "WHEN I WAS GROWG UP, YOU ULD NEVER DO THAT AND ANNOUNCE THAT. ... THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH SCTY AND HATE AND NEGATIVY, AND NO ONE WOULD STEP [FORWARD] TO SUPPORT YOU BEE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE BRAWASHED AND TRAED TO KNOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW ELSE HAS THE MD-SET SHIFTED THE HIP-HOP MUNY? WH THE MEGASTARS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAY-Z AND BEYONCé STEP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MAJOR TURNG POT FOR RAP IN JAY-Z WAS PRINT OBAMA'S REVERSAL LAST YEAR ON GAY MARRIAGE. "WHAT PEOPLE DO THEIR OWN HOM IS THEIR BS, AND YOU N CHOOSE TO LOVE WHOEVER YOU LOVE," JAY SAID, LLG THE PRINT'S STANCE "THE RIGHT THG TO DO" LAST MAY. "THAT'S THEIR BS. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN DISCRIMATG AGAST BLACKS. IT'S DISCRIMATN, PLA AND SIMPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRS. CARTER HAS ALSO WEIGHED , POSTG A HANDWRTEN MSAGE TO INSTAGRAM ON TUDAY THAT READS, "IF YOU LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A RG ON . #WEWILLUNEFORMARRIAGEEQUALY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EMEM AND 50 CENT DO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER LACG HIS EARLY MIC WH SOMETIM VILENT ANTI-GAY SLURS SONGS SUCH AS "CRIMAL" ("MY WORDS ARE LIKE A DAGGER WH A JAGGED EDGE/ THAT'LL STAB YOU THE HEAD/ WHETHER YOU'RE A FAG OR LEZ"), EMEM HELPED OPEN THE DOOR FOR ACCEPTANCE WH HIS [ARTICLE ID="1439280"]STUNNG LLABORATN[/ARTICLE] ON "STAN" WH OPENLY GAY POP SUPERSTAR SIR ELTON JOHN AT THE GRAMMYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PAIR HAVE SCE BEE IENDS, AND JOHN HAS HELPED SLIM SHADY OVERE HIS NEARLY FATAL DG ADDICTN, STANDG AS A LANDMARK MOMENT BETWEEN THE BT-SELLG RAPPER OF ALL TIME AND A MIC-DTRY LEGEND AND GAY-RIGHTS IN. [ARTICLE ID="1641778"]EMEM EVEN ME OUT SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE[/ARTICLE] BACK 2010, TELLG NEW YORK MAGAZE, "IF TWO PEOPLE LOVE EACH OTHER, THEN WHAT THE HELL? I THK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE EQUALLY MISERABLE, IF THEY WANT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[ARTICLE ID="1704369"]MARRIAGE EQUALY BACKED BY PRINT OBAMA, BEN AFFLECK AND MORE ON TWTER.[/ARTICLE]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EM'S LABELMATE, 50 CENT, WHO ONCE SAID "BEG GAY ISN'T OL, 'S NOT WHAT THE MIC IS BASED ON," ALSO HAD A CHANGE OF HEART THANKS TO OBAMA. HE TOLD [ARTICLE ID="1689598"]MTV U.K.[/ARTICLE] LAST YEAR THAT, "ANYONE THAT HAS AN ISSUE WH FRANK OCEAN IS AN IDT ... I THK FRANK OCEAN IS A TALENTED ARTIST, ADDG, "OBAMA IS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. IF THE PRINT IS SAYG THAT, THEN WHO AM I TO GO THE OTHER WAY?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS PUT IT ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THRIFT STORE" RAPPER MACKLEMORE IS YET ANOTHER HIP-HOP STAR WHO HAS SUPPORTED GAY RIGHTS, CLUDG HIS SONG [ARTICLE ID="1698189"]"SAME LOVE,"[/ARTICLE] WHOSE VIO AND LYRICS CHAMPN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. IN A SIGN OF THE CHANGG TIM, THE SONG'S STRONG MSAGE HAS DONE NOTHG TO SLOW MACKLEMORE'S MOMENTUM AND HAS ELICED LTLE-TO-NO BACKLASH THE RAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HAS REACHED ALL-TIME HIGHS OVER THE PAST YEAR, WH A MAJORY (53 PERCENT) OF AMERINS SAYG THEY ARE FAVOR. AMONG PEOPLE 18-29, SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS EVEN HIGHER, POLLG BETWEEN 74 AND 81 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER RAPPERS HAVE TAKEN DIFFERENT ROUT, OM MURS WEARG A "LEGALIZE GAY" T-SHIRT THROUGHOUT HIS "ANIMAL STYLE" VIO TO LIL B NAMG HIS 2011 ALBUM [ARTICLE ID="1662490"]I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY).[/ARTICLE]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMPTON'S KENDRICK LAMAR ALSO HAD SOMETHG TO SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE LAST MAY DURG AN TERVIEW WH DJ DRAMA, EVEN IF WASN'T THE KD OF FULL-THROATED SUPPORT SOME OTHERS HAVE OFFERED. SAYG HE DON'T "GIVE A F---" WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO," LAMAR EXPLAED, "YOU GOT YOUR OWN BELIEFS AND YOUR OWN MORALS. I N'T HELP THE WAY YOU WAS BORN IF YOU WAS GAY. AND I N'T CHANGE THAT, SO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO TO BE HAPPY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL THIS SUMMER'S CISNS ON THE TWO SUPREME COURT S HELP PH THE ENVELOPE EVEN FURTHER THE HIP-HOP WORLD? WE'LL HAVE TO WA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Top-sellg rap artist Macklemore’s h song “Same Love” hip-hop to promote marriage equaly. But, as a straight, whe, middle-class man, do Macklemore have the right to make money off the gay rights movement or even ll himself a hip-hop artist? The were some of the qutns addrsed profsor Chadwick Robert’s Out to Lunch... * macklemore gay marriage *

"At the 2014 Grammy Awards, Macklemore (seen at left wh Mary Lambert, Madonna, Ryan Lewis and Queen Latifah) performed Same Love as 33 straight and gay upl exchanged weddg rgs and vows. If a majory of mail- rpons support marriage equaly, Parliament will nsir a bill to legalize gay marriage wh a month.

MACKLEMORE AFFECTS GAY MUNY

Macklemore, sger and songwrer, his song “Same Love” foc on the issu of discrimatn based on sexualy, gay rights, and marriage equaly. Macklemore’s purpose is to create awarens for pro-gay marriage and relig discrimatn orr to get people to realize that * macklemore gay marriage *

Rapper Macklemore is wadg to Atralia’s gay-marriage bate by vowg to sg his marriage equaly anthem “Same Love” durg a weekend gby fal. Benjam Haggerty, whose stage name is Macklemore, will be headlg the pre-game entertament Sydney on Sunday at the Natnal Rugby League Grand Fal, the Atralian versn of the Super wh the natn the midst of a two-month postal ballot to gge public opn toward legalizg gay marriage, some opponents of change want “Same Love” censored.

”Some senr ernment figur who oppose gay marriage and other high-profile gby fans acced the league of policizg the chief executive Todd Greenberg said his anizatn had to take a posn on same-sex marriage as part of s diversy policy. “I thk is one of the bravt and bt cisns we have ma for pre-match entertament, but people will be the judge of that on Sunday, ” Greenberg told Prime Mister Tony Abbott, a gay marriage opponent who termed two years that his ernment should ask the Atralian public to ci the issue, tweeted on Wednday that gby fans “shouldn’t be subjected to a policized grand fal.

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The opn that I exprsed yterday was that the NRL had ma a poor ll dog what they did, ” Abbott told reporters on ThursdayAttorney-General Gee Brandis, who supports gay marriage, supported Macklemore’s performance of “Same Love” a stadium filled wh 85, 000 people and to be broadst natnally. In the midst of Atralia’s natnal postal ballot on same-sex marriage, Amerin rapper Macklemore performed his 2012 h sgle, “Same Love” — wily nsired a gay anthem — to a crowd of more than 80, 000 at a gby league fal Sydney on Macklemore’s performance, stadium screens displayed the Natnal Rugby League (NRL) logo atop msag like “We stand for equaly, ” fively clarg the sports league’s stance on whether the untry should legalize same-sex marriage.

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Cameron Spencer / Getty ImagThe Atralian ernment sent ballots to 16 ln voters last month askg whether the natn should lift s prohibn on gay marriage. Instead, the song promotg gay rights rose to number one on the Atralian iTun chart where remaed ahead of the match on Sunday. Related: Atralians' Support of Gay Marriage Weakens New PollAlong wh Macklemore, a number of other celebri have been urgg Atralians to vote "y" the upg postal vote.

The gay and straight weddgs were officiated by Queen Latifah while the h song about equaly was performed by the rap duo wh Madonna htg the stage wh them, along wh Mary Lambert and jazz artist Trombone Shorty.

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