Quote Of The Day - WaPo Ombudsman

"Did the Post go too far? Of course not. The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its Web site, and it warranted front-page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring. The recent D.C. Council decision to approve same-sex marriage was the culmination of a decades-long gay rights fight for equality. Same-sex marriage is now legal in the District.

"The photo of Ames and Ariga kissing simply showed joy that would be exhibited by any couple planning to wed – especially a couple who previously had been denied the legal right to marry. There was a time, after court-ordered integration, when readers complained about front-page photos of blacks mixing with whites. Today, photo images of same-sex couples capture the same reality of societal change." - Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander, defending the decision to put a photo of two men kissing on the front page.

Alexander reports that two dozen customers have canceled their subscriptions over the photo and that many more have called or emailed him with anti-gay rants such as the one complaining that the paper was "promoting the faggot lifestyle."

(Via - Towleroad)