Wedding Magazine Flip-Flops on Photographer's Ad Showing Gay Couple

Change of heart, and apology, after protest

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Wedding photographer Anne Almasy probably didn't think buying her first print ad in a magazine would be such an emotional roller coaster. Weddings Unveiled initially rejected her ad because it included a photo of two women about to kiss. It's a tasteful photo, but the magazine asked her to swap it out for one of a man and a woman—because, well, you know, some people are joyless bigots, or at least terrified of backlash from those who are.

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