Fallout from 'So Gay' ad likely to cost South Carolina

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 7/16/08 | JEFF WILKINSON

[Rebelbase]

SC is only one state/region that was promoted as being "So Gay" by an ad agency that plastered the London Subways with posters during gay pride week.

[6SJ7]

...the Washington-based communication firm Witeck-Combs, which specializes in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travel...

A niche business, for sure.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

If they promote South Carolina as “so Gay”...I can’t imagine the promotion for San Francisco.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

Welll now there is a state I wont be staying in..... Pandering to the G/L/T communities is over the top. I am sick of it.... they need to get over themselves and realize that they do not deserve special rights.... what they do deserve they will get in the afterlife.

[KLFuchs]

So stupid.

[gridlock]

Lets see... Cater to 98% of the population or 2% of the population... What to do...

[Nathan Zachary]

"If they promote South Carolina as “so Gay”...I can’t imagine the promotion for San Francisco." "Too gay".

[Dr. Sivana]

Lets see... Cater to 98% of the population or 2% of the population... What to do...

Depends on what you are selling. The question might be, "cater to those who spend their income on diapers, house in suburbs, Maypo and Garanimals or those who spend it on extravagant self-indulgence." . . . What to do?

What I don't get is how the sexual deviant community has managed to take over beaches in Florida, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, California, etc.

[tx_eggman]

Thomas softened his tone toward gay travel, saying he would "love" for gays and lesbians to visit and spend money in the state's $16 billion-a-year tourism economy

sends a sour message to gays and lesbians who spend an estimated $712 million a year in travel

So boys and girls, let's do the math. As a group gays spend $712 million a year and the in South Carolina alone the industry generates $16 billion.

Can we say deck chair ... can we say Titanic.

[Tax-chick]

If this means I can go to South Carolina without seeing sodomy on the beach, good. Please be too offended to come to North Carolina, as well, y’all. Tell me what else we can do to offend, and I’ll email my state legislators!

[Rebelbase]

“I can’t imagine the promotion for San Francisco.”

San-Francisco penetrates your soul!

[Rebelbase]

Truth in advertising would be “Cape Cod is so gay”.

[Tax-chick]

Good thing I haven’t eaten breakfast yet. YUUUUUUUUCK!

[Doohickey]

...according to an industry expert.

Who also happens to cater to queers. I'm glad the media have given up all pretense of balance.

[McGruff]

state government leaders “are sending a signal that gay people are not welcome in South Carolina.”

Good. Then I'll feel comfortable with my family vacationing there.

[SC DOC]

Drew also called the “So Gay” ad childish and counterproductive. For example, he said the ad touts the state's gay beaches, when there are none he knows of.

Obviously, he has never been to Folly Beach. It is not as bad as Key West, but is definitely frequented by the gay community.

[Allegra]

But I have a problem with tax money being spent on ads with a social viewpoint, particularly with sexual orientation.”

Makes perfect sense to me.

These minority groups howl and cry "unfair!" when they don't get special treatment.

They need to grow spines and that shouldn't be our problem.

[sirchtruth]

What I don't get is how the sexual deviant community has managed to take over beaches in Florida, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, California, etc.

Because people are too scared to take strong stands and tell them to go pound sand. (Somewhere else)

We have to get out of this PC liberal dictate where feelings override logic and common sense. The only way I know currently what will definately work is to defy this PCism which we've allowed to take hold.

Compassion is not allowing decadence and deviance to reign. The majorities must learn to make a stand without the minority continuing to make the false premise that the majority is unruley or uncompassionate. By telling the deviants, society will not TOLERATE your behavior, nor will it allow convoluted ways to define acceptance or foist what is a perverted lifestyles on a community!

[Impy]

“We read,”

Really? Well I'm not religious but you should read the bible and stop acting like a queen.

[panthermom]

The reason this is in the news is because the State Legislature through a fit when they found out that someone from the tourism board approved this message. South Carolina is NOT promoting it, they want the promotion to stop.

By the way, is the NAACP still boycotting? I wonder how much that hurt? /s