Laura Douglas-Brown of the Southern Voice points our attention to Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s rather blunt stance on gay marriage, expressed several months ago in her “bring it on” campaign video.
Surprise! The GOP gubernatorial candidate opposes the idea and will fight efforts to show respect to gay men and women who’d like to enjoy the same legal rights as straight people! Including divorce!
Posters announcing “Atlanta is so gay” are reportedly on display throughout London’s subway system — their appearance timed to coincide with the city’s Pride festivities last week.
The posters are the work of Amro Worldwide, a travel agency specializing in gay-friendly tourism.
The agency has similar posters touting the gay-friendliness of Boston, New Orleans, D.C., Las Vegas and South Carolina.
MSNBC reports a South Carolina state employee quit after South Carolina Republican State Senator David Thomas complained the ads, funded in part by state tourism funds, offended the straightness of many South Carolinians:
“South Carolinians will be irate when they learn their hard earned tax dollars are being spent to advertise our state as ‘so gay,’” Thomas said in a statement.
I’m still trying to figure out if any local taxpayer dollars went to fund the Atlanta ads.
I hope my tax dollars helped pay for this.
The graphic design is a bit PowerPointy, but “Atlanta is so gay” is much better than “City Lights, Southern Nights,” the awful tourism slogan that cost city taxpayers $4 million for last year.
