Media linked together for a common cause to support same-sex marriage

A referendum on the introduction of an amendment to Proposition 8, which would define marriage strictly between men and women, took place at the same time as the US Presidential elections.

On November 4th, voters put an end to same-sex marriage in California, the most populated state in the US, thus putting in doubt as many as 18,000 same-sex marriages conducted by Election Day according to The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law once the California Supreme Court ruling made them legal on June 17th 2008.

A crushing defeat to gay-right activists supported by Hollywood stars such as Steven Spielberg and Brad Pitt (donated $100,000 in September); computer & gadget maker Apple Inc. with its $100,000; Google’s founders with $140,000 ($100,000 from Sergey Brin and $40,000 from Larry Page); Qualcomm Inc. and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in declaring opposition to Proposition 8.

An estimated $74m has been donated on both sides during the debate, making the campaign against Proposition 8 the most expensive social issue campaign in U.S. history and the most expensive campaign this year outside the race for the White House.

Groups standing firmly against Proposition 8 have created their own online communities on Facebook; clearly, there were also those urging a “Yes” vote. All ten of the largest newspapers in California ran editorials to support “No on 8” campaigns: the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Diego Union-Tribune, The Orange County Register, and the list continues.

Does the media and journalists from megacities perceive and present the reality differently compared to normal people? Or does the media simply hold a more liberal view towards social issues than Americans do?

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