Here’s a form of media malpractice that must stop: Describing judicial and legislative victories for same-sex marriage proponents as  “legalizing” same-sex marriage, voiding “bans,” or “allowing” marriage for all. An April 4, Washington Post headline read: Iowa Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, and the reporter, Keith B. Richburg, opened his article with this: “Iowa became the third state in the country and the first from the rural heartland to legalize same-sex marriage when its Supreme Court yesterday unanimously struck down the state’s decade-long ban.” The April 3 New York Times had a similar headline: Iowa Court Voids Gay Marriage … Continue Reading