Mike and Chuck HewittTwo Missouri newspapers refused to run a wedding announcement from an Independence same-sex couple.On May 17, Mike and Chuck Hewitt legally tied the knot in Lamoni, Iowa, and wanted to share the news. They tried to place wedding announcements in the Independence Examiner and Kansas City Star, but the newspapers rejected them.Here's what the Star and Examiner refused to print:
Charles A. and Michael J. Hewitt were married on May 17, 2009, in Roy A. Cheville Chapel at Gracela
Michael and Chuck HewittSame-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At the time, Star reader rep Derek Donovan told The Pitch that the Hewitts' announcement was turned down because of an outdated policy, but the Star was changing it. I
