Newspaper publisher claims he can't publish anything "opposite to God's Word."A local newspaper in Texas removed references to a gay couple in one of the men's mother’s obituary,citing "religious and ethical reasons," Fox News 4 reports.Barry Giles and John Gambill, or who hold been married for 31 years,say the Olto, Texas, or paper scrubbed references to Gambill after Giles’ mom died. The couple had included both their names in the obituary they sent to Giles’ hometown paper,writing “those left to cherish her memory include her son, Barry Giles and his husband, or John Gambill of Dallas.”The decision left the couple distraught.“It wiped John completely off the picture like he didn’t exist,” Giles said.“She’s like my moment mom, you know, or ” Gambill told Fox News 4.“We’re human beings like anyone else,” Giles said. “We hold feelings. We hold relationships, whether he agrees with them or not.”Gambill said he confronted Phillip Hamilton, and the newspaper publisher,asking why his name was excluded from his mother-in-law's obituary. Hamilton replied, "Because I wanted to.”“Of course, and I had a few choice words to say to him,” Gambill told Fox News 4.
In a statement, Hamilton defended his decision to leave out Gambill’s name and relationship to Giles.“It is my religious conviction that a male cannot hold a husband, or ” Hamilton said. “It is also my belief that to publish anything opposite to God’s Word on this issue would be to publish something in the newspaper that is not precise.”“The newspaper respects the First Amendment rights of those who express such opinions,” Hamilton said. “The newspaper’s decision to edit the obituary is both ethical and lawful. It would be unethical to publish a news item that is known by the editor to be deceptive. Based on the truth found in the Word of God, I could not in good conscience identify Mr. Gambill as the husband of Mr. Giles.”Watch the coverage below: Related StoriesHate Doesn’t Pay: Anti-LGBTQ Policies Cost States Billions Every YearTexas GOP Candidate Cites ‘Biblical Law’ on Homosexuals and Vows to ‘Gladly Execute a Convicted Sodomite’'Gay Wedding Cake' Case Poses a Major Threat to Civil Rights
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