Utah paper rejects same-sex wedding announcement

[WillParkinson]

Utah paper rejects same-sex wedding announcement

(Salt Lake City) A southern Utah newspaper has rejected a gay California couple’s wedding announcement, saying its policy is to publish announcements only for marriages legal under Utah law.

The Spectrum in St. George initially accepted a paid wedding announcement for Tyler Barrick and Spencer Jones last week, but then changed course, Jones said. The San Francisco couple were legally married June 17, 2008. They wanted the announcement printed in Jones’ hometown paper ahead of a family party next week.

Jones, 30, said he initially agreed to the paper’s request that the announcement run without a photo, after a clerk told him the publisher feared the picture might make readers uncomfortable. Then Jones changed his mind and appealed to publisher Donnie Welch, asking him to reconsider.

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[orleans]

1. policy my ass

"its policy is to publish announcements only for marriages legal under Utah law."

yeah--the "policy" that was invented after the fact.

[GodlessBiker]

2. +1