The main stream media tries very hard to get the facts correct but every once in while they get it wrong.
LGBTQ rights are NOT a threat to religious liberty – When the Supreme Court and the media portray LGBTQ rights as a threat to religious liberty, it actually hurts the religious liberty of pro-LGBTQ Christians, including churches that celebrate marriage equality and ordain LGBTQ clergy. According to the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, “Vast majorities of most major religious groups support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people.” This includes more than 75% of Catholics of color, white Catholics, white mainline Protestants, Black Protestants, Jewish Americans, Muslims, Unitarian Universalists, Hindus, and Buddhists — and even 61% of white evangelicals. 1
It could have been worse – Listen carefully to many inexperienced reporters say the phrase, “It could have been worse.” This is a terrible thing to say when a disaster hits and kills several people. This phrase must be erased from any reporter’s vocabulary.
