• White (wedding) magazine shuts down after refusing to feature same-sex weddings
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https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/226043/66a554a6-e824-49fe-aa0f-ac9895f466e9/D56C38A3-77B3-4BB5-86B0-28A724296A3B.jpeg One of Australia's leading wedding magazines, White, is shutting down following its refusal to feature same-sex weddings. Key points: More than 100 wedding industry professionals have boycotted the magazine The founders say advertisers have withdrawn their support and the magazine is no longer economically viable They say they didn't feature same-sex couples because they didn't want to "create a social war"  Founders Luke and Carla Burrell, who are Christian, say the magazine became the target of a damaging campaign after Australia voted to legalise same-sex marriage last year, and a number of advertisers withdrew their support. "White Magazine is no longer economically viable," they said in a blog post. "As much as we love what we do and are inspired by the positive impact it's had, we need to draw the curtain on this part of our lives." Earlier this year, hundreds of wedding industry professionals boycotted the magazine over its lack of LGBTQI diversity. Former contributor Lara Hotz, who photographed a number of covers for the magazine, told Hack it made her feel "extremely hurt". "It appears they are happy to take money, content and photographs from LGBTQI advertisers and contributors, but are yet to support and represent us in the same way as heterosexual couples are represented in the magazine," she said. Magazine says 'we're not about sides, we're about love' In a statement online, Luke and Carla Burrell said White was a secular magazine and they had no other agenda than "to love". But when they were asked to show their support for the same-sex marriage campaign, they could not. "We started getting messages then [saying]: 'You're the only magazine in Australia that's not showing your support. Come on, guys. Jump on board. Move forward with 2018'," Ms Burrell said. "But there was always something that just stopped us because we just didn't want to enter into that conversation that wasn't a loving conversation, and add heat to a hot conversation." ... Read more at White magazine shuts down after refusing to feature same
millennials are KILLING heterosexual wedding publications
How is it secular if you're saying you won't feature same-sex weddings due to the Christian faith?
Eight counties in the US still don't issue any marriage licenses at all out of spite after same sex marriage was legalized.
But not all love, apparently. Tangentially related, I really hate "oh I just don't want to get involved in politics" attitudes, like the one these people exhibited. Existence is political, get over it and involve yourself in the system and social change.
Even if they don't want to get political, they made a political decision. What they actually meant was "we don't want to consider changing and don't want to deal with the fallout of not changing."
Remaining complicit in the status quo is a political statement.
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