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Homosexual activists lobby newspapers for gay-union announcements—and show how to wage a culture war | Gene Edward Veith

Wedding announcements—like classified ads and obituaries—have long been mainstays of local newspapers, connecting the paper to the real lives of readers in their communities.

Newspapers publish (usually for a fee) pictures of the happy couple or even blow-by-blow accounts of the wedding ceremony, complete with bewildering technical details about the composition and construction of the bride's wedding dress.

Now, readers of the social pages might expect to see photographs of two women, each wearing a wedding dress, or two men, one wearing white and the other wearing leather. Many newspapers have decided to give "gay unions" the same public recognition that they have traditionally given marriages.

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October 12, 2002, Vol. 17, No. 39

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