"You're Much Alike."


[Transcript below.]

Blub. That's really how simple it is.

"So that means you love each other!" Congratulations, kid. You've now got a more sophisticated understanding of marriage equality than about a third of the adult populace of the United States.

Thanks to Shaker Jha for passing this along.
Text onscreen: Thanksgiving.

[Calen, a little boy, is standing in a bathroom next to a sink, looking up into the camera.]

Calen: A husband's a boy.

Adult male voice from behind camera: Right.

Calen: A wife is a girl and a husband's a boy. Then you two are husbands! [He hold up two fingers on both hands.] Wifes are girls; husbands are boys.

Voice from behind camera: Right.

Second adult male voice, from next to camera: That's right. So, if you're a boy—

Calen: You'll be a husband.

Second Voice: Right.

First Voice: Yeah, we're both husbands.

Calen: [puts his head in his hand] You're both husbands?

Second Voice: Is that confusing—

Calen: You married each other?! That's funny! [slaps hand to head]

Second Voice: That's funny, right?

Calen: Yeah. [looks thoughtful] I usually see husbands and wives, but this is the VERY FIRST TIME I saw husbands and husbands! [grins excitedly]

[The two men laugh; Second Voice peers around and grins into camera.]

Calen: So funny. [edit] So that means you LOVE EACH OTHER!

First Voice: Yeah.

Calen: Yeah. Yeah, they're much alike. You're much alike. Hey, I'm going to play ping-pong now.

First Voice: Okay.

[Camera follows Calen out into the hallway; he turns back and looks at the two men.]

Calen: You can play if you want to.

Text onscreen: You're much alike.

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