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Pew Research also examined relevant stories from 11 of the leading LGBT news outlets from around the country (ten newspapers and one magazine) – seven of which were published weekly and four of which were published bi-monthly. <\/p>\n\n

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One major difference was the sustained nature of the coverage, especially when compared to the rest of the news media. While 55% of all the news media stories about same-sex marriage in this sample were published in the week of the hearings, only 23% of the stories in the LGBT outlets were. <\/p>\n\n

The tone of the coverage was, not surprisingly, overwhelmingly supportive of same-sex marriage. Overall, 64% of the stories included twice as many supportive statements as opposing, compared to only 4% that had opposition statements outnumbering supporting by at least 2-to-1 (32% were neutral). <\/p>\n\n

The coverage also included more voices from people identified as members of the LGBT community. In these outlets, 34% of the stories had an LGBT person as a source, compared to 21% of stories in the larger news media. (It is possible that these stories included more representatives of the LGBT community, but did not identify them as such.) <\/p>\n\n

And the LGBT media differed significantly from other media in terms of the focus of the same-sex marriage debate. <\/p>\n\n

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One quarter (25%) of the LGBT articles discussed developments in state and local jurisdictions pertaining to marriage legislation. Chicago’s Windy City Times, for example, had a March 27 front page story about the hearings at the Supreme Court, but also a lengthy report on page 8 about the upcoming vote in the Illinois State Legislature on same-sex marriage being pushed to April. The May 1 edition led with an interview with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn about his support and the reasons for delays in the Legislature. <\/p>\n\n

Two of the largest areas of focus for the rest of the media were less important in LGBT outlets – specifics of the Supreme Court case and announcements by public figures. While 25% of the stories in other outlets detailed the Supreme Court case, that was true of only 14% of stories in LGBT outlets. And 11% of the LGBT stories were on declarations by public figures compared with 18% in other outlets. <\/p>\n\n

If the focus of the coverage was different, the arguments used were similar. By far, the most common argument was that same-sex marriage should be legal because it is an issue of civil rights and equality. In LGBT outlets, this idea appeared in 50% of articles, nearly identical to the 49% in other media. <\/p>\n\n

For example, an April 1 story in Frontiers LA regarding California’s Prop 8 included a quote from California Attorney General Kamala Harris when she appeared on MSNBC. “I don’t think we can allow such a conversation as \u2018a small step toward equality,'” she argued. “We either step toward equality or we don’t.” <\/p>\n\n

A front page story in the March 29 edition of the Philadelphia Gay News included a quote from one of the plaintiffs being represented in front of the Supreme Court. Kris Perry said, “In this country as children, we learn that there is a founding principle that all men and women are created equally. We want this founding principle.” <\/p>\n\n

The notion that polls and public opinion were in favor of same-sex marriage showed up in 18% of the LGBT stories, compared with 22% of the news media stories. <\/p>\n\n

There were only eight stories in the LGBT sample that included more opposing statements. All were reported pieces that included quotes from opponents of same-sex marriage with little or no commentary. For example, the April 17 Windy City Times included a story quoting an email from Illinois State Rep. Tom Morrison that compared same-sex marriage to statutory rape. “If one male and one female is discriminatory, then isn’t limitation of marriage to just two people discriminatory, too?” Morrison wrote. “Could a man marry a consenting 9-year old girl? Why not? To refuse them would be discrimination. Again, where would you draw the line?” <\/p>\n\n

Overall, much of the commentary around same-sex marriage included optimism, regardless of the outcome of the Supreme Court cases. <\/p>\n\n

“No matter how the Supreme Court rules, it is clear that it’s no longer radical to believe gays and lesbians deserve full equality,” wrote reporter Justin Snow in the April 4 edition of Washington, D.C.’s Metro Weekly. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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