Republican State Senator Steve Litzow of Washington is giving us real talk in support of marriage equality in Washington state.

Litzow was one of the first Republicans to come out in favor of marriage equality and joined Washington Equality for Marriage to fight the voter referendum that will seek to ban same-sex marriage in November.

Check out his video, part of the series "Why Marriage Matters," after the jump!

As Maryland and Rhode Island consider marriage equality this week and New York later this year, our fight for the civil right is echoing across all sorts of national platforms. Why Marriage Matters, a national public education campaign, pushes the momentum even further with a new ad campaign that will air across the country beginning Valentine's Day.