coded cartoons

GAY RIGHTS (same sex marriage, gays in military, Prop 8, gay adoption, etc.)
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Team Member Name: Spencer Wright
Publication: The Scranton Times-Tribune Date: 7/19/2011
Cartoonist: John Cole U.S./International (circle)
Title of cartoon: Gay marriage rights BW Cartoon#: 95647
What action is taking place in the cartoon? While performing the marriage vows for a gay couple the person doing it says “’til death or crossing the Pennsylvania state line do you part?”


Tone of the cartoon:
1) positive or negative framing of sexual minorities (circle answer)
2) framing is supportive or opposed to rights for sexual minorities (Circle answer)
What “reality” is constructed/framed about sexual minorities and their rights?

The reality constructed is that while New York has granted same-sex couples the right to marry, once they leave the state they are not guaranteed those same rights.

GAY RIGHTS (same sex marriage, gays in military, Prop 8, gay adoption, etc.)
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Team Member Name: Spencer Wright
Publication: The Buffalo News Date: 7/22/11
Cartoonist: Adam Zyglis U.S./International (circle)
Title of cartoon: Same sex marriage vows Cartoon# 95885
What action is taking place in the cartoon? A man with a NY State briefcase says “I promise to honor and obey you from this point forward,” to Lady Justice


Tone of the cartoon:
1) positive or negative framing of sexual minorities (circle answer)
2) framing is supportive or opposed to rights for sexual minorities (Circle answer)
What “reality” is constructed/framed about sexual minorities and their rights? The reality constructed is that New York hadn’t been giving same-sex couples equal justice before they began allowing same-sex marriages.

GAY RIGHTS (same sex marriage, gays in military, Prop 8, gay adoption, etc.)
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Team Member Name: Spencer Wright
Publication: MSNBC.com Date: 7/16/2004
Cartoonist: Daryl Cagle U.S./International (circle)
Title of cartoon: Gay matrimonies Cartoon# 6634
What action is taking place in the cartoon? A man is saying to a woman that he wants to marry her, but says he can’t because the “moral foundation of marriages has crumbled” because Massachusetts started to allow gay marriages.


Tone of the cartoon:
1) positive or negative framing of sexual minorities (circle answer)
2) framing is supportive or opposed to rights for sexual minorities (Circle answer)
What “reality” is constructed/framed about sexual minorities and their rights? It’s framing that some people are against same-sex marriage because it will destroy the “moral foundation of marriage.”

GAY RIGHTS (same sex marriage, gays in military, Prop 8, gay adoption, etc.)
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Team Member Name: Spencer Wright
Publication: Salt Lake Tribune Date: 8/5/2010
Cartoonist: Pat Bagley U.S./International (circle)
Title of cartoon: Gay marriage Cartoon# 81524
What action is taking place in the cartoon? A religious leader is saying that the government shouldn’t tell him and his congregation what to believe but that it should tell a gay couple what to believe


Tone of the cartoon:
1) positive or negative framing of sexual minorities (circle answer)
2) framing is supportive or opposed to rights for sexual minorities (Circle answer)
What “reality” is constructed/framed about sexual minorities and their rights? It’s framing that religions are allowed to believe and act as they want, but that many times religion doesn’t want same-sex couples to believe or act as they want

GAY RIGHTS (same sex marriage, gays in military, Prop 8, gay adoption, etc.)
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Team Member Name: Spencer Wright
Publication: Salt Lake Tribune Date: 10/14/2008
Cartoonist: Pat Bagley U.S./International (circle)
Title of cartoon: Proposition 8 Cartoon# 56523
What action is taking place in the cartoon? Two missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints say “weirdos” to each other while looking at a man and a boy holding “no on Prop 8” signs.


Tone of the cartoon:
1) positive or negative framing of sexual minorities (circle answer)
2) framing is supportive or opposed to rights for sexual minorities (Circle answer)
What “reality” is constructed/framed about sexual minorities and their rights? This cartoon is constructing that in the same ways people misjudge LDS missionaries as “weird” the LDS people and others judge those against Prop 8, and for same-sex marriage in general as “weird.”

GAY RIGHTS (same sex marriage, gays in military, Prop 8, gay adoption, etc.)
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Team Member Name: Spencer Wright
Publication: Salt Lake Tribune Date: 11/14/2008
Cartoonist: Pat Bagley U.S./International (circle)
Title of cartoon: Gay mormon Cartoon# 57689
What action is taking place in the cartoon? Religious leaders on top of the Salt Lake Temple are saying “on the other hand, it is nice to face a crowd that isn’t nodding off” while looking down on protesters who want to vote no on prop 8.


Tone of the cartoon:
1) positive or negative framing of sexual minorities (circle answer)
2) framing is supportive or opposed to rights for sexual minorities (Circle answer)
What “reality” is constructed/framed about sexual minorities and their rights? This is framing the people who were against Prop 8 as being unjustly hard done and judged by the LDS church.