Philadelphia's Jewish Paper to Publish Gay Marriage Announcements

Philadelphia's Jewish newspaper, the Exponent, has announced it will print same-sex marriage announcements: "As we approach this most welcoming of holidays, the board of directors of the Jewish Publishing Group, which oversees the Jewish Exponent, has voted unanimously to include notices of gay and lesbian unions in the publication's life-cycles section. Contrary to some public misconceptions, the Exponent has, for many years now, published birth and adoption notices for the children of gay couples. It also notes partners of the deceased in obituaries..."" Full Story from JTA: http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/01/1008259/jewish-exponent-to-print-gay-marriage-announcements

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