Modern Family sweethearts Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson include a shout out to New Zealand in an adorable video where they throw their support behind marriage equality in Australia. In a video clip released by Australian Marriage Equality and filmed at the Great Barrier Reef, Tyler Ferguson and Stonestreet are astonished that Australia wouldn’t allow their respective Modern Family characters Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker to marry. At the end of the video they decide to head to New Zealand where same-sex marriage is legal. Australian Marriage Equality national director Rodney Croome says it’s a funny video with the serious message that the right of loving same-sex couples to marry is becoming a defining difference between Australia and similar western countries like New Zealand. “We thank Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet for taking the time to make a video that will inspire many Australians to stop waiting and get involved in the marriage equality campaign. “We also thank Jesse Tyler Ferguson for his $10,000 donation to Australian Marriage Equality which will go towards our grassroots campaign in the 50 electorates whose MPs will decide if marriage equality passes.” GayNZ.com staff - 15th March 2014