The Battle Over Marriage: Gay Rights Activism Through the Media (35 page)

USA Today,
3, 5, 22, 82; journalistic frames,

Rooney, Andy, 129

96

Rosanne,
128

Utah, 8-9

Rosen, Hillary, 116

Rotondo, Suzanne,
71

Vermont, 6-7, 10, 55

Rove, Karl, 8

Victory Fund, 100

Virginia, 9

San Francisco, CA, 1-2, 8, 39, 55,
60,
95; Cas-

visibility, 12, 20, 39, 73, 132

tro neighborhood of, 63-64, 74, 75

visual imagery of LGBT people, 42, 43-

San Francisco Chronicle,
5

44, 53-55, 97-98, 128; creating conflict

Santorum, Rick, 83, 86

through dueling, 83-84; importance of,

Saturday Night Live,
109

56-59, 130-31; in same-sex ceremonies,

Sears, Alan, 133

68-73

“seniors story,” 46-47, 119

sensationalist labels and language, 80-82

Walker, Vaughn, 4, 10

sexual revolution, 29

Wallace, Mike, 13

Simon, Bob, 57, 63-64, 74, 75, 80

Walters, Barbara, 80

60 Minutes,
22, 57, 58, 63-64, 69, 74, 75, 129,

Walters, Suzanna, 14, 65, 128

142; dueling visuals driving conflict and,

Warner, Michael, 24, 65, 126-27, 132, 133

84; journalistic frames, 95; sensationalist

Washington (state), 11, 126

labels and language used by, 80

Washington, D. C., 10

Sklar, Roberta, 32

Washington Post,
2, 22, 142

Sobieraj, Sarah, 18, 124

weddings, 44-45.
See also
ceremonies, gay

social movements and media frames, 16-17,

marriage

28, 29, 85, 92-96, 131; tackling “God
vs.

Whole World Is Watching, The,
30

Gays” framing and, 109-15

Wil & Grace,
12, 14, 15

Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered

Wilson, Dave, 64-66, 70, 133

Political Activism,
18, 124

Wisconsin, 9

sourcing by the media, 84-92, 131

Wolfson, Evan, 109

South Carolina, 9

World War II, 13, 24

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South Dakota, 9

Spielberg, Steven, 113

YouTube, 109

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• Title
  
• Contents
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• 1. Gay Marriage in an Era of Media Visibility
  
• 2. Fighting the "Batle to Be Boring"
  
• 3. "The Marrying Kind"
  
• 4. Gay Marriage Goes Prime-Time
  
• 5. Speaking Out
  
• 6. Conclusion
  
• Appendix
  
• Notes
  
• References
  
• Index