Posted by Roxy Anderson

All rights reserved to the original artist of the song (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert). To read the full story, check out: http://sensiblereason.com/same-love-in-asl/ This video has been created to help promote marriage equality and awareness among members of the ASL and Deaf community. All that are involved in this project have volunteered their time and talent. Many thanks to: Jenica von Garrel, ASL Performer and Co-Producer Bobby Loeffler, ASL Performer Summer Crider Loeffler, Co-Producer and Videographer Robyn Girard, Visual Effects Mickie Brunton, Photo Editing Russell Harvard, Actor Steven Nugent, Actor Marilyn Nixon, Actress Violet Garberoglio, Actress Photos collected from individuals in the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, ASL using, and LGBTQ community and thousands of supporters everywhere. We need your help- we want Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and Mary Lambert to see the video! Please share this link and encourage people to visit our Same Love in ASL Facebook page (don't forget to click Like) and/or check out the hashtag #sameloveinasl on Facebook and Instagram. Filmed and edited by Summer Crider Loeffler, song translated by Bobby Loeffler and Jenica VonGarrel. Featuring Russell Harvard, Steven Nugent, Marilyn Nixon, and Violet Garberoglio. If you are interested in seeing the original music video, here is the link to "Same Love" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0 This Same Love in ASL project includes personal interviews with the team and the unedited version of the vignette seen in the ASL music video. Check these out! Personal Interview with the Same Love in ASL team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z9itxVdNq0&feature=youtu.be Full version of the vignette: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSgd_sO1Smk Lyrics to the Macklemore's "Same Love": "Same Love" (with Ryan Lewis) (feat. Mary Lambert) When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay, 'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight. I told my mom, tears rushing down my face She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k, trippin' " Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she? Bunch of stereotypes all in my head. I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league" A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same sex Had the characteristics The right wing conservatives think it's a decision And you can be cured with some treatment and religion Man-made rewiring of a predisposition Playing God, aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don't know And God loves all his children, is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago I don't know And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to My love My love My love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me Have you read the YouTube comments lately? "Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily We become so numb to what we're saying A culture founded from oppression Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the lesser It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference! Live on and be yourself When I was at church they taught me something else If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen I might not be the same, but that's not important No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it (I don't know) And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to My love My love My love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm We press play, don't press pause Progress, march on With the veil over our eyes We turn our back on the cause Till the day that my uncles can be united by law When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all But it's a damn good place to start No law is gonna change us We have to change us Whatever God you believe in We come from the same one Strip away the fear Underneath it's all the same love About time that we raised up And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to And I can't change Even if I try Even if I wanted to My love My love My love