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Beginning this September, the New York Times "Sunday Styles" section "will publish reports of same-sex commitment celebrations and of some types of formal registrations of gay and lesbian partnerships," announced the Times on August 18th. The self-described "newspaper of record" also announced that it would rename the "Weddings" section "Weddings/Celebrations" to integrate the sodomite announcements with items related to legitimate marriages.
In making this change, explained executive editor Howell Raines, "we acknowledge the newsworthiness of a growing and visible trend in society toward public celebrations of commitment by gay and lesbian couples." A more honest account would be that the Times is seeking to create a trend. While a handful of daily newspapers have taken steps to report "same-sex unions," none of those publications has the Times' visibility or influence. Bob Steele of the Poynter Institute, a media think tank, notes that "when the New York Times moves, it's like an elephant moving inside a building."
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