How The 'Modern Family Effect' Is Changing Public Opinion About Gay Rights

Published July 2, 2015 at 12:52 PM CDT

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ABC's "Modern Family" has won five Emmy Awards, and was renewed for its seventh season on May 7. (ABC)

Last Friday the Supreme Court made a landmark decision for gay rights. But another institution has also played a significant role in changing American public opinion about this issue: Hollywood.

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans talks with Here & Now‘s Robin Young about the “Modern Family effect” and how television has changed the way Americans think about gay relationships.

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Eric Deggans, TV critic for NPR. He tweets @Deggans.