Like he didnt exist: Texas paper edits grieving gay son out of moms obituary because its...

[Soph0571]

...‘contrary to God’s Word’

A local newspaper in Texas removed references to a gay couple in their mother’s obituary, citing ”religious and ethical reasons,” Fox News 4 reports.

Barry Giles and John Gambill, who have been married for 31 years, say the Olto, Texas paper scrubbed references to Gambill after Giles’ mom died. The couple had included both their names in the obituary they sent to Giles’ hometown paper, writing “those left to cherish her memory include her son, Barry Giles and his husband, John Gambill of Dallas.”

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n a statement, Hamilton defended his decision to leave out Gambill’s name and relationship to Giles.

“It is my religious conviction that a male cannot have a husband,” Hamilton said. “It is also my belief that to publish anything contrary to God’s Word on this issue would be to publish something in the newspaper that is not true.”

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/like-didnt-exist-texas-paper-edits-grieving-gay-son-moms-obituary-contrary-gods-word/|

I know it is Texas but good grief

[Cha]

1. Oh boohoo.. It's his Mother's Obituary..

It's not about fucking you.

[Luz]

2. Wonder what else this "news" paper edits out because it

offends them?

[Hortensis]

3. Good question. Pretty sure my subscription would

have been canceled long ago. His religious principles are inimical to what should be but are not his journalistic principles, and this is a newspaper, not a church. And at that many churches would not approve this very unkind behavior.

[JI7]

4. Does Hamilton support Trump ?

[unblock]

5. Cool. I presume the paper also doesnt report any murders, either.

Or wars. I mean, thou shalt not kill and all.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Ethical reasons

Based on “God’s word.” Sanctimonious asshole.

[blueinredohio]

7. When my father died in 2005 our newspaper wouldn't publish my dad's obituary unless we

paid for it because my husband and I weren't married yet, only lived together. We paid for it. My husband did more for my parents than my other siblings.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Thread title is incorrect and overstates. Erroneous information is worse than missing information.

The action was deplorable, but the thread title is not true.

Son was not edited out. His partner was edited out.

And I doubt they have been married for 31 years. They surely have been in a committed relationship for 31 years, but not a marriage under law. I'm sure they've recently turned it into a legal marriage.

I deplore the actions of the newspaper and their motivations, but an article and a thread complaining about missing information in a media outlet should not commit a worse error by misstating facts.

[dembotoz]

9. The family pays for the obituary...

The paper altered the ad content without consent?

[sinkingfeeling]

10. So, this shitty newspaper has never published any of 45's disgusting lies? I'll

bet he runs them on the front page.