Cincinnati finds homophobia DOESN'T pay!

[theHandpuppet]

Just proves that boycotts DO work, folks. Homophobia is BAD FOR BUSINESS!

From today's Cincinnati Enquirer: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041119/BIZ01/411190351

City hopes new image draws
Will Article XII repeal bring back conventions?

By Ken Alltucker
Enquirer staff writer


One of the top arguments for repealing Article XII was the harm it caused Cincinnati's economy.

Eight conventions expected to contribute $25 million to the area's hospitality industry canceled scheduled meetings after voters approved the city charter amendment in 1993.

About 200 groups that could have spent millions more at downtown shops, restaurants and hotels cited the anti gay-rights initiative as a contributing factor in their decision to skip Cincinnati.

Now that voters have repealed the city charter amendment, the Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau is courting the conventions that bypassed the Queen City.

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1. queen city? the QUEEN city is homophobic?

some material just writes itself....

[neebob]

2. Hey, the dude in my story in that infamous now-locked Lounge thread

was from Cincinnati, and he was way super ultra homophobic, and he fit in fine ... cruising the parks and public bathrooms after this corrupt Republican judge let him out of prison, that is.

The mere mention of Cincinnati gives me a nasty flashback.