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Kaliko -> Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/28/2010 5:28:45 PM)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/10/24/2010-10-24_new_hampshires_largest_newspaper_rejects_gay_couples_marriage_notice.html I am, for the first time, embarrassed to be living in NH. I don't understand, though, how they can do that. Isn't that discriminatory? I can see if they won't print an article supporting it. But to not print an announcement about it? Does that mean that they won't mention a same-sex spouse in an obituary announcement, either? How can it be okay to make a blanket rejection of merely an announcement of an event in someone's life based on their sexuality? Even if they're privately owned - privately owned doesn't mean permission to discriminate - ...... does it?

DesFIP -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/28/2010 5:40:34 PM)
They pick and choose which wedding announcements to cover every day. They probably would print one about a banker and an architect over one about a garage mechanic and convenience store clerk. They aren't obliged to print all of them. I would suggest you call up and inform them you're canceling your subscription because of this. Newspapers are not that profitable any more and getting hit in the wallet will make them more willing to change then getting all this publicity.

MrKicia -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/28/2010 5:44:27 PM)
Privately owned? Yeah they sorta can do that.

Nineveh -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/28/2010 6:37:18 PM)
Freedom of the press means that a paper can choose to print, or to not print, whatever they like. I hope that any and all homosexuals and gay friendly folk will boycott this paper and will also write to the publisher and make them aware of why they are choosing to boycott.

DomImus -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/28/2010 6:42:43 PM)
Is it discriminatory? Yes. Is it discriminatory in some actionable manner? Probably not. I would guess that the paper would protected under the first amendment. The press has a long history of printing what it wants when it wants. Since most press leans to the left it usually doesn't bother most people. When one that leans to the right does it it ruffles feathers. Go figure. I'm sure the ACLU will be along shortly to chime in.

littlewonder -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/28/2010 7:08:21 PM)
it's a private business. They can pick and choose to print whatever they like. Around here the newspaper never prints same sex unions and you'll never see mention of such in an obit. I live in a conservative area so no one really ever takes notice anyway.

DesFIP -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/29/2010 5:27:43 AM)
Same sex marriage isn't legal here, but obits don't state "they leave their beloved friend", they refer to it in an oblique manner such as funeral arrangements being made by in order not to annoy any of the conservatives.

rulemylife -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/29/2010 5:36:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomImus Is it discriminatory? Yes. Is it discriminatory in some actionable manner? Probably not. I would guess that the paper would protected under the first amendment. The press has a long history of printing what it wants when it wants. Since most press leans to the left it usually doesn't bother most people. When one that leans to the right does it it ruffles feathers. Go figure. I'm sure the ACLU will be along shortly to chime in. Yes, I know how you poor conservatives are always getting picked on by the liberal media. I feel your pain.

ElizabethAnne -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/29/2010 5:45:31 AM)
Hello, It will change eventually. Fifty years ago papers wouldn't announce a birth to an unwed mother, thirty years ago actors had to hide if they were gay. Change does happen, but it takes a long time, and it takes people being "radical" and speaking out about discrimination in any form. ElizabethAnne

thatsub -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/29/2010 6:41:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kaliko ... Even if they're privately owned - privately owned doesn't mean permission to discriminate - ...... does it? It does, unless those rights are specifically protected by some law. For instance, racial or sexual orientation discrimination in a work place is prohibited by labor laws. On the other hand, when you try to get into a club and the bouncer says he does not like you - you are out of luck.

rulemylife -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/29/2010 6:51:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ElizabethAnne Hello, It will change eventually. Fifty years ago papers wouldn't announce a birth to an unwed mother, thirty years ago actors had to hide if they were gay. Change does happen, but it takes a long time, and it takes people being "radical" and speaking out about discrimination in any form. ElizabethAnne I agree, but there is no legal basis for discrimination here. The only remedy, as some others have pointed out, is to stop buying the newspaper, boycott the advertisers in the paper, and other similar ways to put pressure on them.

pahunkboy -> RE: Paper won't print same-sex marriage announcements (10/29/2010 7:15:18 AM)
Do such announcements cost to post? Obits do. My local paper will run sorta of type announcements tho use certain words. I think... either way- no one reads newspapers anymore- life is all online now.

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