Mormon Media Observer on MormonTimes.com: Ignoring Prop. 8 backers' spirituality

Published: Saturday, Nov. 15 2008 12:11 a.m. MST

What's missing from most of the news reporting about the Proposition 8 backlash is equal time and space to the value of a spiritual motivation that underpins the support for the sacred institution of marriage.

It seems most reporters who are writing about the Proposition 8 backlash tend to focus on the easy story. People protest in front of a temple that provides a good photo and video. They gather some quotes, get a couple of comments from the local Mormon spokesman to "balance" the story and hit the send button to the editor.

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