FOX News Has Devoted One Minute of Coverage to Gay Marriage Victories in RI, DE, and MN Combined

Media Matters has posted a report on coverage from the cable news of the recent marriage equality victories in Minnesota, Delaware, and Rhode Island.

The report reveals this nugget: FOX News devoted exactly 16 seconds of coverage over the past couple of weeks to marriage equality in Rhode Island, 44 seconds to marriage equality in Minnesota, and 0 seconds to marriage equality in Delaware.

"According to an Equality Matters analysis, Fox News mentioned the marriage equality victories in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota a total of three times. CNN and MSNBC made 13 and 35 mentions of the stories, respectively."

SNL Takes on Jason Collins, FOX & Friends in Cold Open: VIDEO

SNL mocked the right-wing news machine's attempts to downplay the significance of NBA center Jason Collins' coming out last night in a FOX & Friends skit that opened the show.

"Can we please stop calling him a hero."

"Yeah, exactly. Since when does telling your embarrassing personal secrets make you a hero? I prefer Asian ladies. I’m a hero."

"I use prescription deodorant on my entire body. Give me a medal!"

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FOX News Host Complains About Amount of Media Coverage Given to Marriage Equality: VIDEO

FOX News host Jon Scott suggested media should have given less time to marriage equality last week saying that "three or four percent of the population is actually gay."

Meanwhile, Media Matters reports, FOX News' coverage of the SCOTUS hearings was barely there.

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Bill O'Reilly Defends Gay Marriage, Says 'Bible Thumping' is Losing: VIDEO

Bill O'Reilly said he's "fine" with gay marriage in a conversation with Megyn Kelly on FOX News last night.

Said O'Reilly:

The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals. That's where the compelling argument is. 'We're Americans, we just want to be treated like everybody else.' That’s a compelling argument. And to deny that, you’ve got to have a very strong argument on the other side. And the other side hasn’t been able to do anything but thump the Bible."

Adding:

I support civil unions, I always have. Alright. The gay marriage thing, I don’t feel that strongly about it one way or the other. I think the states should do it. Right. New York has it now. I live in New York, New York has it, I'm fine with it. I want all Americans to be happy, I do.

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Maggie Gallagher: Pro-Gay Ruling from SCOTUS Would 'Take Away Something Very Precious' from Americans - VIDEO

NOM's Maggie Gallagher, who was also seen wandering through the pro-equality rally today, appeared on FOX News today to give her take on the Supreme Court and Proposition 8, facing off against former Clinton aide Richard Socarides, Equality Matters reports.

Said Gallagher:

"For the Supreme Court to brand this view as irrational bigotry akin to racial discrimination would not end the culture wars, it would entrench them, and it would take away something very precious, which is the right of seven million Californians to use the democratic process to make our case to the American people. And so, I certainly think trying that to persuade the American people that the Constitution drafted by our Founding Fathers in 1789 has always required gay marriage is a long stretch and I’m hopeful that the Supreme Court will uphold Prop 8."

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Rand Paul: I Don't Mind if the Federal Government is 'Neutral' on the Issue of Gay Marriage - VIDEO

FOX News' Chris Wallace asked Kentucky Senator Rand Paul this morning if he felt that the Supreme Court striking down DOMA would mean too much federal interference in a states' rights matter.

Said Paul:

You know, I think it's a really complicated issue. I've always said that the states have a right to decide. I do believe in traditional marriage, Kentucky has decided it, and I don't think the federal government should tell us otherwise. There are states that have decided in the opposite fashion, and I don't think the federal government should tell anybody or any state government how they should decide this. Marriage has been a state issue for hundreds and hundreds of years.

DOMA is complicated, though, because DOMA does provide protection for the states from the federal government. But, then, you're right, part of it federalizes the issue.

I think there's a chance the court could strike down the federalization part of it. If they do, I think the way to fix it is maybe to try to make all of our laws more neutral towards the issue, and, I don't want the government promoting something I don't believe in. But I also don't mind if the government tries to be neutral on the issue.    You know, the tax code, I'm for a flat income tax and we wouldn't have marriage as part of the tax code. Health insurance, I think there is a way to write it where it would be neutral and you wouldn't bring marriage into the whole idea of health insurance.

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