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South Carolina don’t want none of that gay money

Gay tourism ad causes uproar in S. Carolina

State cancels contract, faces investigation after posters plaster London

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.</em>

Lets see. They rank 8th in the country for teen pregnancy, 9th in population living below the poverty level, and 35th for persons with a high school diploma.

So you’d rather be known as the knocked up, dead ass broke, stupid state. Just checking.


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