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We had a story on the "winners" posted here:

Same-sex couple wins Journal Star's Ultimate Wedding Contest (PUKE ALERT!)

Louis, you might note this bit:

Publisher Julie Bechtel said the rules didn't stipulate entrants had to be heterosexual -- only that they be U.S. citizens.
"We opened it up to the entire U.S. because many couples will go to their home state or another venue to wed," Bechtel said.

Nice catch.
I still believe the community should respond to an obvious injustice by demanding that the paper give the award to a heterosexual couple. I am sure the rules did not deliberately permit homosexuals to participate. Saying the rules did not stipulate entrants had to be heterosexual is weasel talk. The rules did not say the entrants could not be imprisoned child molesters. Certain things are understood.
A wedding contest is not for all comers. Permitting flagrant ballot stuffing by a nation wide gang of anti morality political activists is reprobate. The paper could have acted responsibly. It is a small town local newspaper, not a national fish wrapper.
I guarantee you if I lived in their community I would be raising hell.