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From atlanta, because we are sending fewer troops abroad. public opinion on same-sex marriage has been changing fast, according to polls, while some of it could be generational, nbc's kristen dahlgren takes a look at the role of popular culture and politics in the evolution on same-sex marriage. >> reporter: when ellen degeneres came out in 1997 -- >> gay woman in aisle 5. >> reporter: it was front-page news. "will & grace" soon brought gay men into american living rooms every week. >> do you still want to marry me? >> over and over and over. >> reporter: fast forward a few years to what's c...

Their living room who may never had a gay person in their living room. media an entertainment. there was ellen and "will & grace" and backlash. the existence of gay characters on the new normal and glee goes almost entirely unquestioned. case in point, severely conservative candidate mitt romney, whose self-admitted tv show is modern family, a show where two of the lead characters are gay parents and while a baptist church continues its hate, gay culture is american culture. let us turn to frank bruney, op-ed columnist for the "new york times" and director, barry levinson. thank you both for j...

Brings gay characters and their stories into the living rooms of their living room who may never have had a gay person in their living room. media an entertainment. there was ellen and "will & grace" and backlash. the existence of gay characters on the new normal and glee goes almost entirely unquestioned. case in point, severely conservative candidate mitt romney, whose self-admitted tv show is "modern family," a show where two of the lead characters are gay parents. and while a baptist church continue its hate, gay culture is american culture. let us turn to frank bruney, op-ed columnist for...

>> i am, i am. >> it's just a tv show, a situation comedy, not even a drama. >> tonight at dinner i'll tell my mother i'm gay. >> vice president biden has credited "will & grace" with changing americans' attitudes about same-sex marriage. >> i think will & grace probably did more to educate the american public than anything anybody's done so far. >> on this, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage agree, hollywood has been influential of encouraging acceptance of gays and lesbians. it was through the medium of television that millions of americans first had open gays and lesbians in thei...

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