Covering the Catholic Charities Controversy: The Boston Globe’s Reporting on Adoption by Gays and Lesbians

This critical textual analysis of the Boston Globe’s reporting of the Catholic Charities controversy revealed that coverage of the issue constructed the heterosexual nuclear family as superior to all other family forms, that adoption rights for gays and lesbians were divorced from discussions of gay rights, and that the Catholic Church’s reasoning and logic was presented as unquestionable. Possible implications of these findings are discussed.

Publisher: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007
Year of Publication: 2007