Modern Family’s Gay Dads Forced to Live in Sin!
Despite being one of the most wholesome couples on television, when Modern Family debuted Mitch and Cam were the one household on the show that wasn’t allowed to get married. Getting these guys to the altar was a multi-year effort, both on-screen and behind the scenes, on the part of the writers, the actors, and ultimately the US Supreme Court.
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@anirbanghosh4031
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I HAVE NEVER SEEN BETTER ACTING OF A GAY PERSON THAN ERIC STONESTREET
@deinobi-ii
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
10:20 some things never change…
@dreamydonno
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Your thumbnail scared my algorithm. Glad I checked your comment section for a vibe check 😂
@nicoleley2234
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
What about Kevin and Scotty's relationship in Brothers & Sisters in the 2006 to 2011 series? I know Modern Family is important, but it doesn't exist in a vacuum. It didn't go Will & Grace then this. There is a lineage of other awesome series and couples too that I think helped change public opinion for the better over time.
@Chockner
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
As a Californian, I'd like to remind everyone that Utah had an inordinate amount of power in the passing of Prop 8. Mind your own business, Utah!
@ThomasTuttle
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Eric Stonestreet is sexy as dammit. I know. He's happily straight.
@sakurabunnn_
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
What a beautiful, well put together video! Got my mascara running down my face at the end there💗🥹
@snerg_tf2
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
i like this video. it made me smile.
@Bob-m2j1b
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I was really scared when i saw the title
@Remembertodrinkwater
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Sam and Mitch might not be the best queer rep around, but they were one of the first queer couples to have a central role in a mainstream show, show I think we can give them just a little more leniency than we would give similar queer representation in modern day shows
@eraserthecat
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
IM WATCHING THIS WHEN IT HAS 666k VIEWS
@k1j1j1j
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
ALIENATE ALL CONSERVATIVES!!!!!
@Sleepytoastt
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
12:00 Now I’ll see this episode differently! It was a way to address the audience and they did it perfectly!
@laylan3711
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
"look at that baby with those two cream puffs" has been a running joke in my family since the pilot aired
@EliJakobable
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
As someone who lived through the Britney Spears episode of Glee (the first one) I can attest: Yeah. There was no chance. That shit was insane.
@nothing23681
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
7:06
WAIT WHAT-
@some-bugs-I-found
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
NO ARNOLD WHY
@NovaNights7
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
As a lesbian this was the first time I really got to see what a loving gay family was like for the fist time because of Cam and Mitch, they gave me so much hope even though it was just a tv show
@babyghoul.x
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I would absolutely love to see you make a video about Mrs. Doubtfire
@ShouryaRB
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I have been growing up with internet, youtube from the very start of my teenage yrs and from where I am India ,here it's still very conservative in tier 2,3 cities.
But because I used to watch YouTube and western content,shows, movies it was very natural to me gay marriage as a normal marriage .
@sheevinopalpatino4782
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Now the rights are being stripped again
@Spacebandito1
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Yeah, the people screaming gay folks live in sin also back a religion responsible for genocides and enslavement. Comparatively, consenting adults in a loving relationship seems pretty tame.
@rogueprince1341
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I'll be honest I thought the show was made by Doc Brown Christopher Lloyd
@kataminedj
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Genuinely with this show and long talks with my Christian mum she came around to gay marriage- though they weren’t against gay couples, they just thought they should have civil partnerships (The UK alternative to marriage which has been legal for gay couples for decades.)
My mum identified A lot with Cam
She was a lay minister who had blessed civil partnerships, but this show definitely normalised it. We watched this show a lot together and the gay wedding made me cry. I came out not long after. She accepted me fully, after researching ❤
@Mowneekee
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I got the eric stonestreet royal kingdom ad just before this video loll
@giuseppeprivitera9784
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
❤
@Shindai
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Excuse me but WHAT is that clip at the end lol
@Mmc.879
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I love this showww
@gerdacababat6258
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
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@alonpeleg77
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
So, if I'm catching your thesis here:
1. the writers wanted to depict a gay couple.
2.they were afraid that americans will think it's lgbt propaganda and thus regect it
3. So to avoid that they carefully crafted the story to manipulate the audience to accept the gay couple.
The way you've explained it this thing is the greatest and most successful piece of gay propaganda ever. I love that.
Maybe, in he end, the defiing characteristic of propaganda as opposed to political outreach is whether you agree with it.
In conclusion: we need more lgbt propaganda
@fabienhildwein3452
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Would you consider reviewing David and Keith in Six Feet Under ? Thanks !
@geoffchurchill5492
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Bo and Lukr from the Dukes of Hazard were a homosexual couple for years before Modern Family , fancasting I know but healthier than their relationship with Daisy
@namelesswolf25
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Cam and Mitch are my favourite couple in the entire series not because "wow, gay couple" but rather I loved seeing them go through and tackle adversities that come their way, and grow as a couple while they raise Lily. Somehow, their little family felt more grounded and human compared to Phil and Jays' families.
The show is not very "in your face" in letting the audience know that they are a gay couple, but rather they portray them as just as mundane as any other couples that we encounter in our daily lives which is what I think to be the best form of representation.
@tegan_paige
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
What I find funny about the gay couple being named Mitch and Cam is that those are actually my mom and step dad’s nicknames.
@Peetabreadz
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I knew I was a lesbian since I was 8 years old. I’m 17 turning 18 and still the same 🎉🤭
@kaelakeluskar
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
8:05 Wait, you mean we should gay people as… people? What a novel concept!
@chicken0w044
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
who knew that if you depicted gay people as PEOPLE instead of a stereorypical or reductive lens, viewers would like them
@eyelessjack2660
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
That's a wild fucking title
@AW-vi3df
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
10:18 except they are the ones who are trying to push an agenda…. That two people who love each other cannot kiss…. That two people who love each other can’t raise a family …that two human beings cannot get married. when they are in love.
It’s not gay people or gay TV shows that are corrupting TV and the public… it’s far right extremists who are corrupting all of us and censoring content and deciding and dictating what we can and cannot watch and who can and cannot be created
These terrorists have gone too far and they need to be shut down and prosecuted as far as I’m concerned
There needs to be congressional hearings into the far right ex extremist terrorists of this country that have held us back for generations just to control every aspect of American life
@erinparker3905
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
12:52 “We sneak in people’s rooms and before we know it they love us” That’s really funny because when I first started watching the show I initially wanted to watch it with my then husband but he was homophobic and thus very adamant about not wanting to watch it himself so I was like “OK whatever I’ll just watch it by myself”. I put it on started watching and shortly in he just came in and started watching it too, and then I don’t remember him ever saying anything about it after that and we just kept watching it together. I still don’t know why he suddenly changed his mind.
@Myne1001
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
"Sir, please tell your wife to calm down"
"That's a man"
"Really?"
@BeGlamourlicious
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Modern family within Mitch and Cam is like lasagna without noodles 🍝
@MrShadic999
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
you know they did something right when I get more excited to see them than Sofia Vergara XD
@MichaelCharles-zn6rh
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 pm
wearing a Cam shirt was a nice touch