KC Star changes policy that did not allow gay marriage announcements

KANSAS CITY, MO - A metro couple didn't know or anticipate that they were making history, but their nuptial announcement led to a review and change of policy at the area's largest newspaper.

Michael and Chuck Hewitt were married on May 17th in Lamoni, Iowa, shortly after the state legalized same-sex marriages. But when they wanted to announce their wedding in the Kansas City Star, they were initially turned down.

"You open up the paper all the time and you see these other wedding announcements," said Michael Hewitt. "We thought, since this was a real wedding, well, we'll put it in the paper."

The couple first contacted The Star and then the Independence Examiner.

"Within a half hour, we got an email back that said we don't do same sex or commitment ceremonies in our paper," said Michael.

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"This is the first time that I'm aware of in recent history that the question has even come up as to whether the Star would run an announcement like this or not," said Derek Donovan, The Star's readers representative. Donovan said that the paper decided to change their policy, and, as of last week, started publishing same-sex marriage announcements.

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Please DU the poll on that page. It's running in the wrong direction.

Backward-ass Missouri has a LONG road to travel before same-sex marriage ever make it here. 70% of the voters here changed the state constitution back in '04 to prevent it. Kudos to the Star.

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Check out that poll. Scary.