Newspaper edits out Dallas same-sex couple's reference in obit
Basically, local newsrag editor (who is also a baptist minister) decided he'd edit an obituary to remove mention of the husband of the deceased's son, because his sky wizard said so.
What a good Christian. He doesn't believe in the law, so it must be wrong.
Basically, local newsrag editor (who is also a baptist minister) decided he'd edit an obituary to remove mention of the husband of the deceased's son, because his sky wizard said so.
In the obit sent to the newspaper, Giles wrote "Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Barry Giles and his husband, John Gambill of Dallas.”
But when the obit was published in the Olton Enterprise in Giles' hometown, Gambill wasn't in there.
“It wiped John completely off the picture like he didn't exist,” Giles said.
Gambill called the newspaper publisher right away.
“I said, ‘Why was my name left out?’ And he said, ‘Because I wanted to.’ And that's all there was to the conversation,” Gambill said. “Of course, I had a few choice words to say to him.”
The newspaper's publisher, Phillip Hamilton, says he's a bi-vocational Baptist pastor. He declined an interview but said in a statement, “It is my religious conviction that a male cannot have a husband. It is also my belief that to publish anything contrary to God's Word on this issue would be to publish something in the newspaper that is not true."
What a good Christian. He doesn't believe in the law, so it must be wrong.