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Love has no race or gender — and these dancing skeletons prove it

Skeletons in love.
Skeletons in love.
Skeletons in love.

Nothing says love like two skeletons hugging.

In the following video, which was produced by Ad Council, R/GA, and Helpsgood.com, lovers of all kinds — partners, families, friends — step behind a giant screen, which renders their moving bodies as skeletons. With their faces and clothes hidden from the audience, the lovers then hug and kiss and dance and play pat-a-cake. The onlookers aren’t able to tell which gender or skin color or disability the bones belong to: all they can see are people embracing.

The statement being made is that underneath our respective anatomies and skin colors and hair styles, we’re all the same — human beings who long to give and receive love.

Take a look at the video below.

(Hat tip to Buzzfeed)

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