The Kansas City Star finally takes same-sex couple’s money

Same-sex couples are finally getting equal treatment on The Kansas City Star‘s “Celebrations” page. The Star ran the first wedding announcement for a gay couple on Sunday — a month after Charles A. and Michael J. Hewitt claimed that the Star and the Independence Examiner refused to run their announcement.

At the time, Star reader rep Derek Donovan told The Pitch that the Hewitts’ announcement was turned down because of an outdated policy, but the Star was changing it. It’s changed now.

Donovan explained on Sunday that there was no reason to reject the paid classified ad. He added:

The one objection I’ve heard — that Missouri and Kansas don’t recognize

the marriages — doesn’t really work for me. After all, the section also

runs announcements of engagements, anniversaries, birthdays and other

commemorations that aren’t legally sanctioned or binding.

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Newspapers reflect the world around them, and there’s no reason for

them to refuse an ad that simply states an objective fact. My

experience tells me most readers agree.

Same-sex couples’ money spends just like everyone else’s.