Role of the Sitcom? Popular Culture and the Acceptance of Gay Marriage

English: Family Tree of the TV-Show "Modern Family" Deutsch: Stammbaum aus "Modern Family" (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

from the Atlantic

A 2012 Hollywood Reporter poll found that 27 percent of likely voters said that depictions of gay characters on TV made them more pro-gay marriage, and there are news accounts of people crediting their newfound sympathy toward gay people to Modern Family.

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