Same-sex couples are finally getting equal treatment on The Kansas City Star's "Celebrations" page. The Star ran the first wedding announcement for a gay couple on Sunday -- a month after Charles A. and Michael J. Hewitt claimed that the Star and the Independence Examiner refused to run their announcement.
At the time, Star reader rep Derek Donovan told The Pitch that the Hewitts' announcement was turned down because of an outdated policy, but the Star was changing it. It's changed now.
Donovan explained on Sunday that there was no reason to reject the paid classified ad. He added:
The one objection I've heard -- that Missouri and Kansas don't recognizeSame-sex couples' money spends just like everyone else's.the marriages -- doesn't really work for me. After all, the section also
runs announcements of engagements, anniversaries, birthdays and other
commemorations that aren't legally sanctioned or binding.
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Newspapers reflect the world around them, and there's no reason for
them to refuse an ad that simply states an objective fact. My
experience tells me most readers agree.
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Why do you hate, Allen? You'd think the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent U.S. Senator (Santorum vs. Casey) would tell you that the politics of demeaning your fellow man in such a vile way are the relics of a past most of us regret. Comparing gay Americans to those who practice beastiality? Stay classy, Allen.
I think I will marry my dog Rufus. Yes. We will get married on July 25, 2009. My pet cat Murdock will be best 'cat.' And we can invite my neighbor's pet fish Franky. Since the qualification that the State of Kansas and the State of Missouri don't necessarily need to recognize the marriage as valid is removed, do you think the Star will print the announcement? You bet they will!! Just another example of how the KC Star is catering to a minority who percieves a slight. Where's MY wedding announcement?
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