Local Paper’s Snub of Same-Sex Surviving Partner Draws Protest, HRC

via WickedGayBlog.com by WickedGayBlog.com on 6/23/11

A local newspaper in Batesville, Arkansas, excluded all reference to a surviving life partner in the obituary of a gay man, John Millican, who died earlier this month. Now, the Human Rights Campaign has joined the protest that was sparked by a policy that prevents the paper from publishing the names of non-married partners in a state where gay and lesbian families are denied marriage rights.

"Terrance James of Batesville, AR, recently lost his partner of ten years to spinal meningitis," text posted by the HRC explains.

"Terrance wrote and submitted an obituary to the Batesville Daily Guard," the text continues. "The paper proceeded to remove all mention of Terrance, and instead only mentioned his partner's siblings and deceased parents." Full story here!