This is Colorado House speaker Mark Ferrandino with his partner, Greg Wertsch, on the night Colorado legislators passed civil unions. The Denver Post published this photo, and apparently readers were outraged. In a follow-up editorial, the Post explained their decision: “We have received objections to our photographs of gay couples before, so we all knew there would likely be a negative reaction to running the picture of Ferrandino. The civil unions vote was historic for Colorado and celebrating it was not a surprise. That led one editor to note, ‘We have no issues showing a straight couple kissing on election night.’” Boom. (via Denver Post)