fox pushing a narrative that the supreme court ruling could threaten religious freedom and lead to legal polygamy and other slippery slope. first of all, the supreme court is important. it tells you what the law of the land is. marriage equality same-sex marriage whatever you want to call it is now the law of the land and conservatives will have to adjust if there are examples where people are forced to do things against their religious beliefs, there will be big controversy about it. you know this is not about what i think about marriage. it s what i think about balanced journalism. i can t remember another time in my career where i felt that coverage has been so one sided for a position that until three years ago barack obama held and until two years ago hillary clinton held which is they were for traditional marriage. you can see this even in your own facebook feed. so many people turning their profile picture rainbows. when i worked at pbs news hour
one thing we always did was present both sides of an issue every single topic. two arizona ago when the doma decision came down it was incredibly difficult to find anyone who would speak on the opposition of gay marriage on television because people had said to us we understand we have lost this argument. no matter what happens, we won t stand by it. that s one reason the media coverage is bias. it s more difficult to present that side because people aren t willing to stand up and say it. when you try to find statements there s a handful here and there. protesters outside of the court but it s a difficult thing. even leaders in congress say i don t agree with it. it should be state s rights but they won t make this their issue. rerun the footage of obama telling rick warren that marriage is between a man and a woman. do we have a white
information. every other republican presidential candidate criticized the ruling of supreme court on gay marriage. you said they overreached. we have problems in this country and have to get back to work. i would have preferred states make the decision. they made the decision. most of the candidates have said they did make the decision. a couple out there firmly that we ll fight it and i would have preferred if it were made by the states the decision i thought maybe that s what would have happened. a 50-50 call. you won t spend a lot of time on this issue. it s an issue determined by
one thing we always did was present both sides of an issue every single topic. two arizona ago when the doma decision came down it was incredibly difficult to find anyone who would speak on the opposition of gay marriage on television because people had said to us we understand we have lost this argument. no matter what happens, we won t stand by it. that s one reason the media coverage is bias. it s more difficult to present that side because people aren t willing to stand up and say it. when you try to find statements there s a handful here and there. protesters outside of the court but it s a difficult thing. even leaders in congress say i don t agree with it. it should be state s rights but they won t make this their issue. rerun the footage of obama telling rick warren that marriage is between a man and a woman. do we have a white
fox pushing a narrative that the supreme court ruling could threaten religious freedom and lead to legal polygamy and other slippery slope. first of all, the supreme court is important. it tells you what the law of the land is. marriage equality same-sex marriage whatever you want to call it is now the law of the land and conservatives will have to adjust if there are examples where people are forced to do things against their religious beliefs, there will be big controversy about it. you know this is not about what i think about marriage. it s what i think about balanced journalism. i can t remember another time in my career where i felt that coverage has been so one sided for a position that until three years ago barack obama held and until two years ago hillary clinton held which is they were for traditional marriage. you can see this even in your own facebook feed. so many people turning their profile picture rainbows. when i worked at pbs news hour