This is going to be a short diary, but I just saw this ad and thought I'd share it. It will air in Maine during the Olympics coverage. The ad, which is in favor of the referendum legalizing marriage equality in Maine, features a 90-year-old World War II vet named Harlan Gardner, who has a partnered lesbian daughter named Katie. Gardner and his wife really want to see their daughter be able to marry her partner in their lifetime. And, if the favorable polls are any indication, they just may get that opportunity very soon.

The money quote comes at the end:



This isn't about politics. It's about family and how we as people treat one another.

Follow me below the fold for the ad. But first, please grab a Kleenex, because it's a bit of a tearjerker.