Mollie at GetReligion.org has posted about media coverage of Prop 8 and questions if the media has been effective in covering the complaints being made by the protesters at the Mormon temples and the response from Mormons and the Mormon church. She states:
When organizing a protest, the location is a key part of the narrative you’re trying to push. Reporters should include the reason why the location was picked. And when the target of a protest, you should have the right to defend yourselves.
I’ve slowed down the video of the infamous “Palm Springs Prop 8 Cross Stomping” incident to watch it very closely and see exactly what is happening. The original video is being circulated among our opponents to say that WE are out of control. I think you’ll see here that the old lady, Phyliss Burgess, in this video was the one who set out to stir things up.
One of three or four interviews I did at the second organized protest at the Mormon temple in westwood. I’ve been out there on my own for a few weeks, or with smaller groups of people who have joined in.
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Targeting Mormons Unfair?
Equality California estimates that Mormons donated as much as $20 million to Prop. 8, while the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal group, gave $1.25 million to the effort and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, $200,000.
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