Editing Seth MacFarlane (section)

==Activism==
===Political views===
MacFarlane is a supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name=Advocate /> He has donated over $200,000 to various [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee|Democratic congressional committees]] and to the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008 presidential campaign]] of then-U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="political">{{cite web
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}}</ref> He has stated that he supports the [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of cannabis]].<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA9IQSxTPAs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/EA9IQSxTPAs |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Seth MacFarlane on Legalizing Marijuana}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2015, MacFarlane endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] for the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]], and he introduced Sanders onstage at a Los Angeles rally.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/257036-family-guy-creator-sanders-won-the-debate/|first=Bradford|last=Richardson|title='Family Guy' Creator Seth MacFarlane: Sanders won the debate|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=October 15, 2015|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016123110/http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/257036-family-guy-creator-sanders-won-the-debate|url-status=live}}</ref> After the primaries, he supported [[Hillary Clinton]] for president during the general election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/hillary-clinton-fundraisers-seth-mcfarlane-barry-diller-diane-von-furstenberg-1201852898/|first=Ted|last=Johnson|title=Seth MacFarlane, Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg to Host Hillary Clinton Fundraisers|work=Variety|date=September 6, 2016|access-date=September 6, 2016|archive-date=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907150534/http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/hillary-clinton-fundraisers-seth-mcfarlane-barry-diller-diane-von-furstenberg-1201852898/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, he supported [[Pete Buttigieg]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Savannah |title=A Guide to Every Celebrity Endorsement For The 2020 Presidential Election So Far |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a29386763/celebrity-endorsements-2020-presidential-election/ |publisher=Elle |date=October 9, 2019 |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103141957/https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a29386763/celebrity-endorsements-2020-presidential-election/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the primaries, he endorsed [[Joe Biden]] for president during the general election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/robert-de-niro-cardi-b-these-are-celebrities-endorsing-joe-biden-1531295|date=September 11, 2020|title=From Robert De Niro to Cardi B, These are the Celebrities Endorsing Joe Biden|work=Newsweek|first=Marina|last=Watts|access-date=November 30, 2021|archive-date=September 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911193150/https://www.newsweek.com/robert-de-niro-cardi-b-these-are-celebrities-endorsing-joe-biden-1531295|url-status=live}}</ref> He endorsed Biden again for the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Sophie |date=April 5, 2024 |title=Full List of Celebrities Supporting Joe Biden Over Donald Trump |url=https://www.newsweek.com/celebrities-supporting-joe-biden-2024-election-1887372 |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=Newsweek |language=en |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603060020/https://www.newsweek.com/celebrities-supporting-joe-biden-2024-election-1887372 |url-status=live }}</ref> After Biden [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|withdrew his candidacy]], MacFarlane endorsed [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Yandoli |first1=Krystie Lee |first2=Tomás |last2=Mier |date=2024-07-23 |title=Cardi B, Charli XCX, Barbra Streisand, More Celebs Endorse Kamala Harris for President |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/kamala-harris-celebrity-endorsements-cardi-b-charli-xcx-barbra-streisand-1235065132/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Gay rights advocacy===
MacFarlane is a supporter of [[gay rights]]. In 2008, prior to the holding of the ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' case by the [[United States Supreme Court]], MacFarlane called it "infuriating and idiotic" that two gay partners "have to go through this fucking [[Dog and pony show|dog and pony act]] when they stop at a hotel and the guy behind the counter says, 'You want one room or two?'" He went on to say: "I'm incredibly passionate about my support for the [[LGBT community|gay community]] and what they're dealing with at this current point in time."<ref name=Advocate2>{{cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2008/01/25/bgf-seth-macfarlane|title=BGF: Seth MacFarlane|publisher=Advocate|author=Voss, Brandon|newspaper=Advocate.com|access-date=September 5, 2009|date=January 25, 2008|archive-date=August 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823102520/http://www.advocate.com/news/2008/01/25/bgf-seth-macfarlane|url-status=live}}</ref>

In recognition of "his active, passionate commitment to [[Secular humanism|humanist]] values, and his fearless support of equal marriage rights and other social justice issues", MacFarlane was named the Harvard Humanist of the Year in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166:seth-macfarlane-harvard-humanist-of-the-year-2011&catid=6:latest-news&Itemid=38|website=Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard|title=Seth MacFarlane, Harvard Humanist of the Year 2011!|access-date=May 26, 2011|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807031352/http://www.harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166:seth-macfarlane-harvard-humanist-of-the-year-2011&catid=6:latest-news&Itemid=38|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Speaking engagements===
MacFarlane is a frequent speaking guest on college campuses.<ref name="gwu" /> On April 16, 2006, he was invited by [[Stanford University]]'s ASSU Speakers' Bureau to address an audience of over 1,000 at Memorial Auditorium.<ref>Finley, Adam. [http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/04/20/seth-mcfarlane-talks-about-south-park/ "Seth McFarlane talks about South Park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807025208/http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/04/20/seth-mcfarlane-talks-about-south-park/ |date=August 7, 2020 }} ''TV Squad''. Published April 20, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2009.</ref> He was invited by [[Harvard University]]'s class of 2006 to deliver the "class day" address on June 7, 2006. He spoke as himself, and also as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin and Glenn Quagmire.<ref>[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html "'Family Guy' Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418134025/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html |date=April 18, 2012 }}. ''The Harvard University Gazette''. Retrieved October 18, 2009.</ref> He has also spoken at [[George Washington University]],<ref name="gwu">[http://www.adultswim.com/williams/news/090406/index.html#1 "Seth MacFarlane coming to George Washington Univ.!"] [[Adult Swim]]. Retrieved December 20, 2007. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009205450/http://www.adultswim.com/williams/news/090406/index.html |date=October 9, 2008 }}</ref> [[Washington University in St. Louis]],<ref name="stlouis">{{cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2005/03/creator-of-family-guy-to-speak-at-assembly-series/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230324195830/https://source.wustl.edu/2005/03/creator-of-family-guy-to-speak-at-assembly-series/|archive-date=March 24, 2023|title=LMU reacts to First Amendment Week keynote choice|access-date=March 25, 2005|last=Broom|first=Caroline|date=March 24, 2005|website=The Newsroom}}</ref> the [[University of Texas at Austin]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/04/16/TopStories/family.Guy.Creator.Brings.Insights.To.Ut-2842963.shtml |title='Family Guy' creator brings insights to UT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703204708/http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/04/16/TopStories/family.Guy.Creator.Brings.Insights.To.Ut-2842963.shtml |archive-date=July 3, 2007}}. ''The Daily Texan''. Retrieved April 22, 2007.</ref> the [[University of Missouri]],<ref name="maneater">{{cite web |url = http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2007/8/21/dsa-lines-fall-entertainment/ |title = DSA lines up fall entertainment |access-date = January 29, 2008 |last = Levy |first = Stephanie |date = August 21, 2007 |website = The Maneater |quote = MacFarlane and [Henry] Rollins were chosen because of their popularity with students and prevalence in pop culture. |archive-date = February 13, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213173949/http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2007/8/21/dsa-lines-fall-entertainment/ |url-status = dead }}</ref><!-- This announces the appearance. Could use a source from after it had occurred. --> [[Bowling Green State University]],<ref name="bowlinggreen">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-voice-for-obama-family-guy-creator-macfarlane-speaks-at-bowling-green-state-u/|title=A 'voice' For Obama: 'Family Guy' Creator MacFarlane Speaks At Bowling Green State U.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107034416/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-voice-for-obama-family-guy-creator-macfarlane-speaks-at-bowling-green-state-u/|archive-date=November 7, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2009|last=Sullivan|first=Ryan|date=October 6, 2008|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>  [[Loyola Marymount University]],<ref name="loyolamarymount">{{cite web|url=http://www.laloyolan.com/news/lmu-reacts-to-faw-keynote-choice-1.2142020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100505083637/http://www.laloyolan.com/news/lmu-reacts-to-faw-keynote-choice-1.2142020|archive-date =May 5, 2010|title=LMU reacts to First Amendment Week keynote choice|access-date=February 10, 2010|last=Oddis|first=Kyle|date=February 8, 2010|website=The Los Angeles Loyolan}}</ref> and [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Day|first=Patrick Kevin|date=November 30, 2012|title=Seth MacFarlane plans to have college kids deliver Oscars|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-nov-30-la-et-mn-seth-mcfarlane-college-kids-oscar-ceremony-20121130-story.html|url-status=live|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523091721/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-nov-30-la-et-mn-seth-mcfarlane-college-kids-oscar-ceremony-20121130-story.html|archive-date=May 23, 2023|access-date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>

===2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike===
[[File:Seth mcfarlane speaks at wga rally.jpg|right|thumb|alt=MacFarlane at WGA rally|MacFarlane speaking at a [[Writers Guild of America]] rally in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] on November 9, 2007]]
During the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]], MacFarlane publicly sided with the Writers Guild, and fully participated in the strike.<ref>[http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2529 "Pencils Down"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219203656/http://www.wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2529 |date=December 19, 2007 }}. Writers' Guild of America. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> Official production of ''Family Guy'' was halted for most of December 2007 and various periods afterwards. Fox continued producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval, and although he refused to work on the show during the strike, his contract with Fox required him to contribute to any episodes it subsequently produced.<ref name="adalian">{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/fox-to-air-new-guy-sunday-1117975944/|title=Fox to air new 'Guy' Sunday|last=Adalian |first=Josef |work=Variety |access-date=March 3, 2020|date=November 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117224737/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975944.html?categoryid=2821 |archive-date=November 17, 2007 }}</ref> Rumors of continued production on ''Family Guy'' prompted the statement from MacFarlane that ".....it would just be a colossal dick move if they did that".<ref name="adalian" /> During the strike, MacFarlane wrote an inside joke into an episode of ''Family Guy'' about [[Jon Stewart]]'s choice to return to the air and undermine the writers of ''[[The Daily Show]]'', causing Stewart to respond with an angry phone-call, harassing MacFarlane and arguing his point.<ref>{{cite web|last=Piers|first=Morgan|title=Seth MacFarlane Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcOge6pMhg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/NrcOge6pMhg |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|work=CNN|date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=January 15, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The strike ended on February 12, 2008.<ref name="cnn1" />

=== 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike ===
During the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]] and the [[2023 SAG-AFTRA strike]], MacFarlane donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund to Support Film and Television Workers During Strikes. The Entertainment Community, formerly The Actors Fund, is there to help provide financial assistance for industry workers during the [[SAG-AFTRA]] and [[Writers Guild of America|WGA]] strikes.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/seth-macfarlane-donation-entertainment-community-fund-1235684669/|title= Seth MacFarlane Donates $1 Million to Entertainment Community Fund to Support Film and Television Workers During Strikes (EXCLUSIVE)|website= August 1, 2023|date= August 2023|access-date= August 2, 2023|archive-date= August 2, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230802001822/https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/seth-macfarlane-donation-entertainment-community-fund-1235684669/|url-status= live}}</ref>

===The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive===
In 2012, MacFarlane donated money to create The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the [[Carl Sagan]] and Ann Druyan Archive at the [[Library of Congress]]. MacFarlane said, "The work of Carl Sagan has been a profound influence in my life, and the life of every individual who recognizes the importance of humanity's ongoing commitment to the exploration of our universe [...] The continuance of our journey outward into space should always occupy some part of our collective attention, regardless of whatever [[Snooki]] did last week."<ref>{{cite news|title=Somewhere, aliens watch Jersey Shore and plot Earth's total annihilation|newspaper=The Express, a Washington, DC newspaper|date=June 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fischer|first=Audrey|title=Library of Congress Acquires Carl Sagan Papers|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-104.html|publisher=US Library of Congress|access-date=June 29, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629024041/http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-104.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Day|first=Patrick|title=Seth MacFarlane donates Carl Sagan's papers to Library of Congress|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-seth-macfarlane-carl-sagan-library-congress-20120628,0,3134029.story|access-date=June 29, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 28, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629145835/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-seth-macfarlane-carl-sagan-library-congress-20120628,0,3134029.story|url-status=live}}</ref> The collection opened on November 12, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Science geek Seth MacFarlane donates to Carl Sagan's notes collection|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2013/11/12/science-geek-seth-macfarlane-donates-to-carl-sagans-notes-collection/|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107093220/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2013/11/12/science-geek-seth-macfarlane-donates-to-carl-sagans-notes-collection/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Carl Sagan Archive Opens at U.S. Library of Congress|first=Miriam|last=Kramer|url=https://www.space.com/23567-carl-sagan-archive-library-of-congress.html|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2013|work=[[Space.com]]|archive-date=August 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813170650/https://www.space.com/23567-carl-sagan-archive-library-of-congress.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Film preservation ===
On April 20, 2024, MacFarlane partnered with [[Martin Scorsese]] to showcase ''Back from the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts'' at the [[Turner Classic Movies|2024 TCM Classic Film Festival]]. MacFarlane and Scorsese funded the restoration and worked with the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] and [[The Film Foundation]] with [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Pictures Archives]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Helm |first=Douglas |date=2024-04-23 |title=Seth MacFarlane Teams With Martin Scorsese To Save Classic Cartoons |url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/?p=624413 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendez |first=Gabriella |date=2024-04-18 |title=Seth MacFarlane and Martin Scorsese Team Up for Animation Restoration Project |url=https://www.cbr.com/seth-macfarlane-martin-scorsese-animation-restoration-project/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=April 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418174434/https://www.cbr.com/seth-macfarlane-martin-scorsese-animation-restoration-project/ |url-status=live }}</ref>