As of June 26th, 2015, all states within the U.S. are required to issue marriage licenses to everyone regardless of their gender or sexual orientation (“Same Sex-Marriage Laws”). The deeply detached 5-4 ruling of the Supreme Court justified that denying marriage and recognition to same-sex couples violates sections of the Fourteenth Amendment (Liptak). The previously existing ban on same-sex marriage was ruled as unconstitutional, subsequently making “The United States of America the 21st country to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide” ("Same-sex Marriage in the United States").
Nate Beeler’s cartoon, published in The Columbus Dispatch depicts two anti-gay-marriage men and two lesbian women in different panels. In the left panel of the cartoon by Nate Beeler, two men are arguing against gay-marriage in a room with beaming spotlights, patriotic décor, and a microphone to record the debate. One of the two men in the left panel states his concerns that “pastors may be forced to officiate at gay weddings!”(Beeler), while the other man comments “It’s a slippery slope toward men marrying poodles!”(Beeler). …show more content…
The sarcastic tone of the title, marked by the three trailing dots, fallaciously suggests to the audience that a “great” debate about gay-marriage does not exist. Since it is read prior to interpretation and establishes a schema, the cartoon’s title is manipulated to emphasize to the audience that any debate against gay marriage is invalid. Moreover, Beeler denies the legitimacy of the men’s debates on the left panel by comparing the debate to the women’s irrelevant debate on the right panel. Beeler’s political cartoon fails to properly address any argument associated with same-sex marriage as valid other than his own. This closed-minded attitude of the cartoonist does not promote critical thinking and induces unexamined
Nate Beeler’s cartoon, published in The Columbus Dispatch depicts two anti-gay-marriage men and two lesbian women in different panels. In the left panel of the cartoon by Nate Beeler, two men are arguing against gay-marriage in a room with beaming spotlights, patriotic décor, and a microphone to record the debate. One of the two men in the left panel states his concerns that “pastors may be forced to officiate at gay weddings!”(Beeler), while the other man comments “It’s a slippery slope toward men marrying poodles!”(Beeler). …show more content…
The sarcastic tone of the title, marked by the three trailing dots, fallaciously suggests to the audience that a “great” debate about gay-marriage does not exist. Since it is read prior to interpretation and establishes a schema, the cartoon’s title is manipulated to emphasize to the audience that any debate against gay marriage is invalid. Moreover, Beeler denies the legitimacy of the men’s debates on the left panel by comparing the debate to the women’s irrelevant debate on the right panel. Beeler’s political cartoon fails to properly address any argument associated with same-sex marriage as valid other than his own. This closed-minded attitude of the cartoonist does not promote critical thinking and induces unexamined