The Politics of Gay Marriage

I have observed through news and media programs the emerging gay culture that will be the focus of my paper. The important question here is will gay marriage be accepted as a social norm? Here are the facts presented in articles and observations off media programs that demonstrate a widespread acceptance level among heterosexuals who have strong beliefs supporting gay marriages.

More programs on television expose gay marriage and gay culture now than TV pilots running thirty years ago, like “Queer Eye for the Straight Gay, Will & Grace, and the first, Dynasty.” These programs were aired intending to reveal the realities of gay relationships that function similar to heterosexual relationships. The idea being communicated was not culture shock but a deeper underlying interpretation and understanding of gay culture in America. The initial response to these minority TV programs was perturbation at the graphic conventions in gay marriage/ relationships. What I found were changing attitudes adjusting appropriately on account of the growing conceptualization of gay culture in America. Moreover, will gay marriage now change the political arena because of the growing acceptance from mass media?