Greg Gould and Aurelio Tine say they just wanted to share their wedding plans.
So they went one of the largest papers in New Hampshire, where gay marriage is legal and generally accepted, to work up a wedding announcement.
But the New Hampshire Union Leader, the Manchester paper known for its conservative viewpoints, refused to print it ...
“This newspaper has never published wedding or engagement announcements from homosexual couples," Publisher Joe McQuaid said in a statement. "It would be hypocritical of us to do so, given our belief that marriage is and needs to remain a social and civil structure between men and women and our opposition to the recent state law legalizing gay marriage.”
In its full statement, printed online, the paper said firmly it is not "anti-gay" and because of press freedoms can choose to print – or not print whatever it wants.