Zach Wahls takes his message of marriage equality national

Zach Wahls, whose impassioned pro-gay marriage speech to Iowa legislators became the most-watched political clip of 2011 on YouTube after going viral twice last year, will soon take his message to the national level.

An entire generation of children raised by LGBT parents is starting to speak up and tell the truth about their families.

Zach Wahls will serve as co-chair for “The Outspoken Generation,” the Family Equality Council’s national youth advocacy initiative involving the young adult children of LGBT parents. Joining him will be Ella Robinson, the daughter of Bishop Gene Robinson who is the first openly gay person to be ordained a bishop in a major Christian denomination.

“A family is a group of people who love each other,” Wahls — whose new book, “My Two Moms,” will be released later this month — says in a video clip about the project. “If you’re willing to put in the blood, sweat, toil and tears…if you’re willing to make the commitment and demonstrate the love that it takes to successfully raise a young, healthy, well-rounded adult… who you are is so much less important than what you do.”