TYPO ALERT ... DANGER DANGER

OK, so there was really no need for the all-caps there. But yeah. In my efforts to show what a rag the Statesman is, here's a typo I found on its Web site in a story by the Associated Press about a gay-marriage ban group that's sueing the California attorney general.

The lawsuit claims Attorney General Bill Lockyer inaccurately described the measure, which would also strip same-sex couples of domestic partnership rights.

The suit says Locker, a Democrat, highlighted the amendment's effects on registered domestic partners instead of explaining that its chief purpose was to preserve marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Notice the bolded parts. And take special note that these are the second and third paragraphs in the article. Gah.