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Dragonlady8
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 Posted: Jul 14, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: " South Carolina is so gay "...... |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25677373/
| Quote: | Gay tourism ad causes uproar in S.C.
State cancels contract, faces investigation after posters plaster London
By Alex Johnson
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MSNBC
updated 5:52 p.m. ET, Mon., July. 14, 2008
A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”
The campaign, which plastered the London subway with posters advertising the charms of South Carolina and five major U.S. cities to gay European tourists, landed with a resounding thud in South Carolina, where the issue of gay rights has long been a political flashpoint.
The advertisements were timed for London’s Gay Pride Week, which ended Saturday. The posters touted the attractions of the state to gay tourists, including its “gay beaches” and its Civil War-era plantations.
Similar ads were posted for Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., none of which reported any negative backlash. But in South Carolina, reaction to the posters — dubbed “the gayest ever mainstream media advertising campaign in London” by Out Now, the Australian advertising firm that designed the promotion — was swift. |
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02LaunchSSV
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Man this state will never catch a break. I live there and this state, unless you're close to Hilton Head with all the northern influx, is by far not a gay friendly state. This is the home of the"good-ole boy" system where shine is still made in backyards and shared with neighbors and home of the Southern Baptist Convention. Those original southern baptist still believe "gays" are possessed by the devil and the root of all evil. Now this??? I'd place money on the "state employee" responsible for the ad will face far more consequences then having to resign!!
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| Posted: Jul 15, 2008 5:02 am Post subject: |
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02LaunchSSV, Don't be so gay, lol
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