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May 16, 2013
ACLU wants Modern Family's gay couple Cam and Mitch to tie the knot

Campaign launched to urge producers and writers to create wedding episode

The American Civil Liberties Union, which usually advocates for the rights of real-life people, has started a campaign to tru and and get a fictional gay couple married.

That couple is Cameron and Mitchell on ABC's Emmy winning comedy series Modern Family.

A campaign, complete with a website for RSVPs, has been created by the advocacy arm of the civil liberties group called ACLU Action.

May 16, 2013
ACLU wants Modern Family's gay couple Cam and Mitch to tie the knot

Campaign launched to urge producers and writers to create wedding episode

The American Civil Liberties Union, which usually advocates for the rights of real-life people, has started a campaign to tru and and get a fictional gay couple married.

That couple is Cameron and Mitchell on ABC's Emmy winning comedy series Modern Family.

A campaign, complete with a website for RSVPs, has been created by the advocacy arm of the civil liberties group called ACLU Action.

May 16, 2013
Jesse Tyler Ferguson defends gay Modern Family characters to those who say they are cliches

'I’m basically doing no acting at all. We’re all clichés of ourselves'

Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson is aware there are those who think that his character of Mitch and TV husband Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) aren't a positive representation of LGBT people.

He begs to differ.

March 26, 2013
Modern Family co-creator would be 'happy man' if show helps bring end to Proposition 8

Steve Levitan often told show has 'opened the door for conversation and acceptance'

Gay couple Cam and Mitch have been an intregal part of ABC's comedy hit Modern Family since it debuted in 2009 - a year after California voters passed Proposition 8.

The show is such a big hit that it's even the favorite of Ann Romney, wife of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney who is strongly opposed to gay marriage.

The show's co-creator, Steve Levitan, told TheWrap on Monday (25 March) that he hopes the show has helped to change public opinion when it comes to marriage equality.

March 1, 2013
Jesse Tyler Ferguson insists he's not a 'groomzilla'

Modern Family star engaged to Justin Mikita says wedding planner taking care of everything

Yes, Jesse Tyler Ferguson is getting married.

And yes, he's a gay man.

But that doesn't mean the Emmy-nominated Modern Family star is obsessing over every detail when it comes to his wedding to lawyer Justin Mikita.

'No Groomzilla here,' Ferguson, 37, tells People.com with a laugh. 'We have a really great wedding planner who is managing everything. It's been very exciting. I'm very picky about things, and everything is coming together nicely.'

January 5, 2013
Jesse Tyler Ferguson stumps for gay marriage in Illinois

Says he can't imagine a fan of Modern Family would want to deny Mitchell and Cameron the chance to get married

As the Illinois state legislature ponders whether to pass a marriage equality bill next week, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson is in the state trying to drum up public support for Illinois to become the 10th state in the US to allow gay marriage.

On the ABC sitcom, Ferguson portrays Mitchell Pritchett who is raising a young daughter with his spouse Cameron Tucker who is played by Eric Stonestreet.

January 5, 2013
Jesse Tyler Ferguson stumps for gay marriage in Illinois

Says he can't imagine a fan of Modern Family would want to deny Mitchell and Cameron the chance to get married

As the Illinois state legislature ponders whether to pass a marriage equality bill next week, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson is in the state trying to drum up public support for Illinois to become the 10th state in the US to allow gay marriage.

On the ABC sitcom, Ferguson portrays Mitchell Pritchett who is raising a young daughter with his spouse Cameron Tucker who is played by Eric Stonestreet.

November 23, 2012
Jesse Tyler Ferguson tells how Sofia Vergara upstaged his engagement announcement

His Modern Family co-star had marriage news of her own

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita announced their engagement to the public back in September but the Modern Family star actually proposed to his fiance two months earlier.

He told the story to Ellen DeGeneres earlier this week during a visit to her daytime talk show.

November 16, 2012
Ty Burrell gets a gay kiss from Matthew Broderick on Modern Family

His character of Phil is clueless as he also shares shirtless hug with gay man

You would think that after all these years of having Mitch and Cam as brothers-in-law that Modern Family's Phil Dunphy would be a little less clueless.

Or maybe he's become so comfortable being around gay men he doesn't even know when he's on a date with one!

That's what happened on this week's episode of ABC's Modern Family when Phil (Emmy winner Ty Burrell) invites Mitch and Cam's gay friend over to watch some football.

The friend, played by two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick, completely misreads the situation and thinks he's on a date.

October 16, 2012
Jesse Tyler Ferguson gets emotional reflecting on Obama's support of gay marriage

Modern Family star joins Jane Lynch, Zachary Quinto, George Takei, and other LGBT celebs in campaign video

Wiping tears from his eyes, an emotional Jesse Tyler Ferguson speaks emotionally about what it meant to him to have President Barack Obama publicly support gay marriage earlier this year.

'If I was a 15-year-old kid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and I watched the evening news with my parents and the sitting president of the United States said, 'I support gay marriage,' that would have changed a lot,' Ferguson says in a new Obama campaign video featuring famous LGBT Americans.

October 4, 2012
Modern Family star Ty Burrell says the show has helped gay rights movement

Audience sees Mitch and Cam 'living the same lives as everybody else'

On ABC's Modern Family, Ty Burr's character of Phil Dunphy has a brother-in-law who is gay and is raising a young daughter with a male partner.

Those characters, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) are among the show's most popular and Burr says that he believes they have helped the gay rights movement in some ways.

September 25, 2012
Jesse Tyler Ferguson jokingly accuses Eric Stonestreet of 'stealing gay American jobs'

Egged on by Jimmy Kimmel, Ferguson goes after his Emmy-winning TV husband

At Sunday night's Emmy Awards, Jesse Tyler Ferguson appeared moved when Modern Family co-star Eric Stonestreet paid tribute to him after beating Ferguson for the supporting actor in a comedy prize.

But during an appearance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday (24 September), Ferguson appeared to allow himself to be egged on to being a sore loser by the host.

September 24, 2012
Modern Family wins best comedy show at the Emmys

Sitcom featuring gay couple takes four Primetime Emmy awards last night

Modern Family, which features a gay couple as two of the central characters, has won four Emmys including outstanding comedy series.

This is the third year Modern Family have taken the outstanding comedy series prize, this time beating competition from 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Girls and Veep.

The show also took the comedy series awards for outstanding director (Steven Levitan), supporting actress (Julie Bowen) and supporting actor (Eric Stonestreet, who plays gay father Cameron Tucker).

September 19, 2012
Jesse Tyler Ferguson announces engagement

He and fiance Justin Mikita have also launched non-profit called Tie the Knot to benefit LGBT equality

Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced his engagement to lawyer Justin Mikita Wednesday (19 September) via YouTube in a video that also announced the couple's new non-profit organization benefiting LGBT equality.

'It's true, I popped the big Q,' the Emmy-nominated actor said.

Mikita, sitting next to Ferguson on a sofa excitedly told viewers: 'I said yes!'

August 28, 2012
Modern Family creator takes issue with ABC comedy being Ann Romney's favorite show

Steve Levitan: 'We'll offer her the role of officiant at Mitch & Cam's wedding. As soon as it's legal'

Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, says her favorite show is the ABC comedy Modern Family which features the gay couple of Cam and Mitch.

The couple are raising an adopted daughter in the Emmy-winning show that revolves around Cam and Mitch as well as the families of Mitch's father and sister.

The show's creator and executive producer Steve Levitan took to Twitter to respond to the potential First Lady's television taste which would seem to fly in the face of her husband's political stance against gay marriage.

August 1, 2012
Modern Family creator reluctant to take credit for gay characters on other shows

Steve Levitan: 'The minute it becomes our agenda, it loses some of what makes it perhaps special'

It was in the first episode of Modern Family in 2009 that gay couple Cam and Mitch introduced their adopted baby, Lily, to the world.

Since then, the couple - played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet - has been an integral part of the comedy's Emmy-winning formula.

Other US networks have taken notice.

This fall, Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells star as a gay couple having a baby with the help of a surrogate mother in the NBC comedy The New Normal. And over at CBS, Michael Urie and Brandon Routh play a couple in the sitcom Partners.

July 24, 2012
Modern Family stars locked in salary dispute

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet among those to reject offer

Cam and Mitch want more money.

Well, at least the actors who portray the gay couple on ABC's Modern Family do.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet have joined castmates Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara on Tuesday (24 July) in suing to void their contracts on the Emmy winning show.

June 20, 2012
Sofía Vergara supports Obama's gay marriage endorsement

'It's important to accept the whole world and not to judge anyone'

Actress Sofía Vergara continues to support same-sex marriage.

In a Spanish-language interview with Terra.com last week, the Modern Family actress said: 'I think we need to respect each other, support each other and ensure each other's well-being'.

The Colombian actress and model has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmys and three Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family.

On the show, her gay son-in-law and his partner are raising their adopted daughter.

February 20, 2012
Modern Family wins two WGA Awards

Writers honor ABC sitcom with prominent gay couple raising a child

ABC's sitcom Modern Family has won the best TV comedy prize at the Writers Guild of America Awards for the third consecutive year.

The critical and ratings hit prominently features gay couple Cam and Mitch (played by Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who are raising a young daughter.

After the Sunday (19 February) night awards ceremony in Hollywood, Stonestreet sent a humorous congratulations tweet out to the writers: 'The writers won! congrats to you all! again, without your words, we actors are just hot, sexy hunks of silky, supple flesh.'

February 20, 2012
Modern Family wins two WGA Awards

Writers honor ABC sitcom with prominent gay couple raising a child

ABC's sitcom Modern Family has won the best TV comedy prize at the Writers Guild of America Awards for the third consecutive year.

The critical and ratings hit prominently features gay couple Cam and Mitch (played by Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who are raising a young daughter.

After the Sunday (19 February) night awards ceremony in Hollywood, Stonestreet sent a humorous congratulations tweet out to the writers: 'The writers won! congrats to you all! again, without your words, we actors are just hot, sexy hunks of silky, supple flesh.'

January 10, 2012
Modern Family creator dares 'far-right' not to love show's gay couple

Steve Levitan says Cam and Mitch have been embraced around the world

While gay marriage has been a hot topic in the GOP presidential primaries, Modern Family creator Steve Levitan told TV critics Tuesday (10 January) that there has been very little pushback about his show's gay couple.

'To the far-right, watch the show and I kind of dare you to not love Cam and Mitch,' Levitan said. 'I'm pleasantly surprised to the world's reaction to that part of our modern family.'

December 15, 2011
TV's Modern Family couple talk about being bullied

Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson tell Barbara Walters on TV special tonight that both were targets of bullies as kids

They play a gay couple on television but in real life, Eric Stonestreet is straight and Jesse Tyler Ferguson is not.

But Barbara Walters, who interviews the pair on her annual 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year special which airs on ABC tonight, says she learned the two 'have a great deal in common besides what they play' on television.

Both share on the special that they were bullied as kids.