Gay Marriage is one of the most prominent issues of our generation. The subject was well discussed among mass medias in 1996, when the "Defense of Marriage Act", or 'doma' for short, was reviewed and passed by the Supreme Court. Where were it's defenders? By that time, one would assume the proliferators of this-and-that on the grasses of Berkeley had few minds left to persuade. The only coverage I remember of this issue (granted, I was only 8 years old) was of graying and balding men speaking harshly and unfavorably, serving as a catalyst for similar discussions held by the parents of my peers. One organization sought to increase the fair-sided coverage of this and other LGBT issues: The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
Having an organization working within the media to press LGBT issues is as necessary as having a US Ambassador for the UN, or a defendant in a ANY trial. How will their side be heard? How can one claim to understand the issue when they have not researched both sides? To fill the 'fair and balanced' shoes our nation so proudly claims, there must be a yang to the conservative's yin. Both sides of an issue must be exposed, even if some points may hurt the fight. This ensures the endurance of democracy by allowing viewers to decide for themselves. And even though organizations such as the NLGJA may not win every battle, their existence and persistence is slowly winning the war.
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