Newspaper edits deceased gay man's partner out of his obituary

Hey, tumblr.  I know y’all are awesome at poll-bombing.  Can we get a petition-bombing run now? 

When the Batesville Daily Guard ran John Millican’s obituary, they edited out the name of his partner, Terrance James.  The two had lived together, and Terrance was with John in his final hours, yet the editors of the newspaper refused to mention him in the obituary they way they would the surviving spouse of a mixed-gender couple. 

Fuck that shit.  They’ve agreed to change whatever editorial policy allowed this to happen, but so far no apology has been forthcoming and they won’t say if they’ll re-run the obituary as it was originally submitted to the paper.  Currently the petition has around 550 signatures.  Maybe more will convince them?  We can at least try.

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