Statement From the Union Leader On Gay Wedding Announcementsby: Putney SwopeFri Oct 22, 2010 at 18:58:33 PM EDT |
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(The UL goes into full Juan Williams mode. - promoted by Dean Barker) The following statement appeared on the WMUR website (after the fold): http://www.wmur.com/r/25480077... Joe McQuaid is wrong - New Hampshire has never been a referendum state and he should know better than to claim this law should be subject to a referendum. What Governor Lynch said before he signed the bill into law is irrelevant to whether the UL should publish gay wedding announcements. Act like a mature adult, Joe. Joe, you are anti-gay. There are years of editorials proving this. I have been told that the UL may be violating Human Rights statutes, from someone who works in that office. The UL publishes articles about many topics they disagree with already, such as articles about Democrats and liberals. This arguement is meaningless. This statement will be adding fuel to the outrage over this policy. |
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"This newspaper has never published wedding or engagement announcements from homosexual couples. It would be hypocritical of us to do so, given our belief that marriage is and needs to remain a social and civil structure between men and women, and our opposition to the recent state law legalizing gay marriage.
That law was not subject to public referendum and the governor (John Lynch) who signes it was elected after telling voters that he was opposed to gay marriage. Indeed, in no state where the public has been allowed a direct vote on the subject has gay marriage prevailed. We are not "anti-gat [sic]." We are for marriage remaining the important man-woman institution it has always been. While the law sanctions gay marriage, it neither demands that churches perform them or that our First Amendment right to choose what we print be suspended. In accordance with that right, we continue our longstanding policy of printing letters to the editor from New Hampshire citizens, whether or not they agree with us." -Joseph W. McQuaid Publisher |