Originally posted by Viss1:
Gotcha, the point about who attends megachurches is well taken.

To clarify my point about media coverage, attending an anti-abortion rally would be an example of a stereotypical effort of what's done in the name of Christianity. Supporting a gay marriage would not. And historically the former is much more common. Consider the other political events in which people have participated in the name of Christianity, and you have the basis of my comment. I was basically just attempting to address why it seems like media coverage of religiously political events supports the stereotype.



You know I just realized that I initially misread your comment about christians supporting gay marriage. And I didn't mean to say that christians would appear in the media to support this. But yes as we seem to agree, media coverage of christian values and protests is limited to a few stereotypical hot button issues. At the exclusion of what other less visible christians are doing.
And your question is a good one. Why does the media reinforce these stereotypes? This too is probably another thread all by itself. But anyway, it probably has a lot to do with the resources/money that these churches have, as we have already talked about. They have a vast network of various media and can bombard audiences with their message. This is not only limited to 'christian' media. They are also able to get their messages across in the so called mainstream press without too much difficulty.

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