Newbraska Newspaper Will Print Same Sex Wedding Announcements

The largest newspaper in Newbraska will begin printing the wedding announcements for same sex couples.

This is a major changing of the times when it comes to what appears in the Omaha World-Herald, and a major victory for gay rights advocates.

There was a huge push to make this happen, including an internet campaign to promote same-sex paid wedding announcements, and the newspaper has finally caved to media pressure.

Omaha businessman Jeff Wilke was behind the internet campaign, that even made it to Facebook, United for Equal Rights in Omaha, with more than 2,500 members.

They will now print the wedding announcements of all couples no matter the gender of those couples.

“What has transpired over recent days has included some reasoned discussions with us about our practices, but mostly it has been a stream of vitriol against The World Herald,” said the publisher, Terry Kroeger. “This news organization is not guilty of hating gays and lesbians. Should we have seen this issue more clearly? Probably. Have we been too slow in reacting to this matter? Maybe. But hateful? Never.”

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