'Modern Family' Gay Marriage For Cam And Mitchell Undecided Despite DOMA Decision: Creator Wants To Avoid 'Overt Political Statement'
Despite recent milestones in gay marriage equality in the abolishment of DOMA and Prop 8, "Modern Family" is hesitant to join the celebration by marrying its iconic same-sex couple, Cameron and Mitchell.
"We've had a number of conversations. As you can imagine in Cam and Mitchell's life, they would be feeling that a door has opened that was closed to them," says the ABC smash hit co-creator Christopher Lloyd.
"Wouldn't it be pretty tempting to think about walking through it? We imagine a lot of gay couples today are deciding whether to get married now that it's open to them. From our standpoint, that's something to explore."
So that's a yes on wedding bells for the couple? Maybe not.
According to Entertainment Weekly, despite the show's continued efforts to showcase a loving same-sex couple raising a little girl, Lloyd is concerned with the "tonal" shift the show might take upon tackling such an overtly political issue.
"It's not that we are absolutely unwilling. It was more of a tonal thing. It didn't seem like our show to do that."
"Modern Family" is set to premiere its fifth season this September, and out of the three major couples on the show, Cam and Mitchell is the only one to now to be married.
And the actors behind the beloved couple, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, are certainly fully supportive of the idea.
Im happy for my gay & lesbian friends. Cheers to gorgeous, wonderful & beautiful weddings, long, happy & fruitful lives and then dying.
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) June 26, 2013
Victory for marriage in California as #Prop8 is struck down. Small but substantial steps toward #MarriageEquality for all! — Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler) June 26, 2013
But it comes to the creative decisions behind the scenes, and that is still uncertain, despite the team's own excitement at the prospect.
"It's a funny thing, sitting around and celebrating for your characters on a day like this," continues Lloyd.
"We were happy for Mitch and Cam today!"