In all in the family the situation of homo-sexuality is like the huge elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about but exists. Carroll O'Connor's character is very against the whole gay thing and wants to avoid.In a modern sitcom this most of the time is taken as something normal there are shows like Ugly Betty, Glee and Modern Family that take a persons homo sexuality as a normal thing and don't make a huge deal about who's straight or gay. they might not like the homosexuality situation but they don't condemn people for being what they are.
There was one similarity between this show and the shows today. They way writers portray the homosexual character or the person that is presumed to be a homosexual has not changed in a very drastic matter. The flamboyant clothes the language and tone of voice that they use when speaking is still very stereotypical, when a homosexual is on screen.
The situations in All in the family were very different to those which we deal with today, Jean Stapleton's character was so excited with the pictures the family friend brought back from his trip, to her this technology was very wonderful and she just kept thinking how a second later the people in and around the picture kept on with their lives. The way that they dealt with the friends possible homosexuality was also different, today homosexuality isn't really a very talked about topic on television it's just there, something that is happening and that sometimes appears and when it does the whole episode doesn't revolve around a person's sexual preferences.
I think people have learned to take homosexuality as something still a bit abnormal, but the way that it is dealt with today is more of a people getting used to the face of homosexuals existing rather than right away judging a person just because of their sexual preferences.
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