Gay parents the 'new normal' on small screen

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Gay parents the 'new normal' on small screen

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gay-parents-39-normal-39-small-screen-034614794.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UFWAAS8Kfpp12IKZldLlNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/ac5710c3f4cbe4c102e6fd29aec9bfc6361ddc5c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Writer/producer Steven Levitan accepts the award for Best Comedy Series for 'Modern Family' during the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2013 in Los Angeles, California" align="left" title="Writer/producer Steven Levitan accepts the award for Best Comedy Series for 'Modern Family' during the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2013 in Los Angeles, California" border="0" /></a>Blended families and same-sex parents are increasingly vying for space with the nuclear family on the small screen in line with shifts in Western society. &quot;Television is much better than cinema at picking up on changes in society, at responding to them in a fast and varied way,&quot; said the French film critic Xavier Leherpeur. &quot;That is especially true when it comes to gay marriage and gay rights.&quot; Worldwide some 20 countries now allow gay marriage in all or part of their territory, including 16 out of the 50 US states.</p><br clear="all"/>

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