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Reporting Same-Sex Unions

Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Bob Steele
QUOTE: Reporting gay couples' ceremonies is also a matter of fairness. This is a human rights issue, and individuals should not be discriminated against -- deprived of news coverage -- based on their sexual orientation.

ABSTRACT: The New York Times started including gay and lesbian commitment ceremony announcements in its section formerly reserved for opposite-sex marriage ceremonies, something several other papers had already started doing. The change was an attempt to accurately reflect society as a whole, according to Time's executive editor, who said that while The Times took no position on whether to legalize gay marriages, ignoring the commitments was like ignoring any other news story, and that the couples deserved the same recognition as same-sex couples. This decision was significant because of the paper's fame and 1.2 million circulation.

--- A. Willing

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