Media Getting It Wrong

MELBOURNE, FL-I was just reading a AP story on the Marriage Protection Amendment that was defeated yesterday in the US Senate and they lead the story with the title, "Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Amendment". The title is a complete mistatement of what the amendment was all about. It was never about Gay Marriage but a positive proclamation that marriage in the US would be defined as the union of one man and one woman.

Here is the text of the amendment: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman."

Where in that language is there any mention of Gay Marriage? There is none and yet the AP leads with a headline that would suggest that the debate had to do with Gay Marriage. It had everything to do with protecting marriage and the family but clearly defining what has been the status quo for centuries. Certainly this is a case of misdirecting the reading public over what the debate was really all about. You have to be careful when skimming headlines because they are not always what they appear to be!

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