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Texas Newspaper Refuses To Publish Gay Wedding Announcement
A gay couple from Texarkana, Texas hopes to travel to New Mexico next week to get married, but has found out their local newspaper will not publish their wedding announcement.
The Texarkana Gazette declined to share the couple's picture because they claim to hold a policy that is based on state laws. Since gay marriage is illegal in Texas and Arkansas, the newspaper chooses to discriminate against gay couples based on this excuse.
On her personal Facebook page, Michelle Wrightner wrote that the newspaper was rude to them and that the editor, Les Minor, would not return their calls.
Wrightner pointed out that if the Pentagon can offer same-sex benefits, she and her partner Patricia Wrightner should be able to put their picture in the Texarkana Gazette.
More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14051/texas-newspaper-refuses-to-publish-gay-wedding-announcement .
Cross-posted at LGBT Group.
