Prejudice & Discrimination

             On February 11, there were two reports regarding the proposed ban on
             gay marriages in Massachusetts. The first is an interview with CNN's legal
             analyst, Kendall Coffey (interviewed by Carol Costello, while the second
             was reported by Wolf Blitzer. Both reports were conducted in a way that
             did not suggest any prejudice on the parts of the speakers themselves.
             However, there are obviously many different viewpoints regarding this
             Two groups can be distinguished in this debate: fundamental
             Christians, and gay people, along with those who advocate gay rights. Two
             distinct viewpoints are also highlighted during reporting. One viewpoint
             concerns equal rights, while the opposite focuses on the right of people to
             vote for or against gay marriage. If a court were to decide which law to
             pass, the latter group claims that democracy and the right to vote hold no
             Another interview by Daryn Kagan with Sandra Scham from "Archaeology"
             magazine on the same day is also close to the heart of the Christian
             community. This interview concerns the historical accuracy of the film
             "Passion", starring Mel Gibson in the role of Christ. The interview
             focuses mainly on the ability of archaeologists to determine the exact
             environment of Christ's world, and therefore prejudice is not truly the
             However, the beginning of the article does suggest that the film,
             being centered around a Christian issue, tends to be discriminatory against
             other religious groups, including Jews. Furthermore the film suggests that
             Christianity is a great spiritual movement above all others, as well as
             being the only laudable spiritual "truth". The interview does center
             around the issue of truth to some degree, as its purpose is to determine
             the historical accuracy of the world created for the film. According to
             Scham, very little evidence is available to archaeologists to determine the
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