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Contents:

• MAC FIGHTS GAY MARRIAGE
• HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.
• “IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA’S” ROB MCELHENNEY TALKS ABOUT UPG “GAY MARRIAGE” EPISO
• BOOK EXCERPT: FRIENDS THREW A GAY WEDDG, BUT WAS A GAY-IENDLY SHOW?
• THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)
• ‘THE WEDDG COACH’S’ GAY WEDDG EPISO IS A WILD RI THROUGH GAY PERFORMATIVE EXCELLENCE
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS

MAC FIGHTS GAY MARRIAGE

Reflectg the larger ntroversy surroundg gay marriage, Carol's parents refe to attend the weddg, g Carol to have send thoughts about her cisn, which almost leads to llg the weddg off.

Gay and lbian groups - notably GLAAD - cried the censorship of the episo. While the episo was one of the first mastream portrayals of gay marriage on US televisn, was the send gay marriage on a s that season; the show Roseanne had aired an episo jt five weeks before which the tle character ordated a weddg for her -worker Leon and his lover Stt. " However, the fact that Carol and San's ceremony was officiated by Candace Ggrich, a gay-rights activist and sister to nservative Congrsman Newt Ggrich did draw some media attentn, as the stg was perceived as a ment on the Republin Party's anti-gay rights stance and the "Contract wh Ameri" platform.

HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.

A wrer wh the Associated Prs noted an article that week that the ceremony would not clu a kiss by the newlyweds, cludg the episo as part of an observed trend of portrayals of gay characters while skirtg ntroversy by avoidg or mimizg physil ntact.

“IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA’S” ROB MCELHENNEY TALKS ABOUT UPG “GAY MARRIAGE” EPISO

Dpe San and Carol gettg married this episo, gay marriage was not legalized New York until 2011.

BOOK EXCERPT: FRIENDS THREW A GAY WEDDG, BUT WAS A GAY-IENDLY SHOW?

There was no huge hype about them beg gay - and the hype around their weddg was exactly that, around the weddg, not the fact they were two women havg a weddg. Journalist Lacey Vorrasi-Banis explas her nflictg feelg about the ‘cultural touchstone’ that is Carol and San’s relatnship a way I feel hs the nail on the head: “I mt adm that for a teenager New Jersey, Carol and San’s relatnship did imprs upon me that gays uld have fai and the world wouldn’t stop spng.

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)

Candace Ggrich, the gay rights activist and sister to nservative ngrsman Newt Ggrich, was a stg choice perceived as a ment on the Republin Party’s anti-gay rights stance.

It allowed the world to hear that beg gay is okay, and God approv. As a lennial gay woman about to marry a woman, why was so hard for me to relate to this episo and accept ?

‘THE WEDDG COACH’S’ GAY WEDDG EPISO IS A WILD RI THROUGH GAY PERFORMATIVE EXCELLENCE

Some of the jok that occurred throughout were outdated, and verge on homophobic, om today’s viewpot. "Mac Fights Gay Marriage" is the first episo of the sixth season of It's Always Sunny Philalphia'.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS

Charlie shar some almonds he found an alley before Mac barg to the bar outraged that Carmen has married a du, which Mac clar is a gay marriage.