Mississippi newspaper owner defends gay marriage cover story

[nitasee]

A newspaper in rural Mississippi is defending its decision to run a cover story on what it called the first same-sex marriage in the county it serves.

On Feb. 7, the Laurel Leader-Call published the story Historic Wedding: Women wed in Laurel through smiles, tears about the wedding of Jessica Powell and Crystal Craven. Craven has been battling brain

Comments

[winniechili]

That guy is awesome. Hope he doesn't get forced out or something.

[velvetunicorn]

That's great! Hopefully more people pick u a subscription to cancel out those idiots.

[tabaqui]

Good on them, and him. Hope he sticks to his guns and that nothing happens to him or his job because of this.

[ytterbius]

Very nice. Defending the role of the news to "inform" without judgement of the content. This is desperately needed on a host of issues around the Country, and I'd suggest, particularly in places like Jones Country, Mississippi.

[batty_gal]

Great response with some damn good points. How you gonna "what about the children?" about consenting adults who love each other but not mind when some serial killer's mug is splashed across the front of a paper?

Take a coliseum of seats. This is the most eloquent "go fuck yourself" I've seen in awhile.