# Same-sex couple wins newspaper contest for wedding

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 21, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838 "2011-07-21T11:20:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838/1 "2011-07-21T11:20:43Z")

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I don’t have a lot to say about this but found it rather sweet:

[Same Sex Couple Wins Journal-Star’s Ultimate Wedding Contest](http://journalstar.com/news/local/article_7ab07773-b6b8-5fb6-880c-6c5ae95d33f0.html)

That’s the **Lincoln** Journal-Star.

Lincoln, **Nebraska**.

I used to live in Lincoln and while Nebraska is not properly Bible Belt country it does run conservative and religious, so it’s nice to see not only that this sort of thing happens there but that, for the most part, people aren’t too bothered by it.

I particularly like the part where the couple say they didn’t enter the contest for political reasons or to raise awareness - they just wanted the money for their wedding.

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> “People said we were brave for doing this”, Lee said. “I didn’t think it was brave. I just wanted a wedding.”

That’s kind of what equality looks like.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838/2 "2011-07-21T14:22:06Z")

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I was touched that they received only one negative comment on their entry, and it wasn’t because they’re gay.

And such a cute couple! 😃

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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838/3 "2011-07-21T18:14:58Z")

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Little old ladies and retired old men write letters to the editor and the church group whispers about it in hushed tones at the coffee shop. For the rest of the population, no one gives a shit. Life goes on. Did you think they’d be lynched, or what?

/someone from a place a lot like Nebraska

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-couple-wins-newspaper-contest-for-wedding/589838/4 "2011-07-22T11:19:30Z")

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> [@kushiel](#):
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> Little old ladies and retired old men write letters to the editor and the church group whispers about it in hushed tones at the coffee shop. For the rest of the population, no one gives a shit. Life goes on. Did you think they’d be lynched, or what?

That’s entirely my point. It’s not all that long ago this sort of thing would have been a big deal. Now it gets barely a passing notice. Which in itself, I think, is a big deal.

With folks like Michele Bachmann and Focus on the Family still trying to claw back rights for gay couples, it’s nice to see that the general populace no longer “give a shit”. That’s progress.