Anti-Gay Bigotry Bad for Business

[tbyg52]

A reality that may be crashing in on Sally Kern. An Oklahoma newspaper reports that at least one major company is considering not locating in Oklahoma City due to Kern's anti-gay rants.

A San Francisco Bay-area financial services company has not yet ruled out Oklahoma City for a major office relocation, a vice president of a real estate search firm confirmed. A decision is expected in three to four weeks.

But Tom Maloney, vice president of California-based Staubach Co., would neither confirm nor deny that the 1,000-employee, AAA-rated client company's top executive is a lesbian who expressed concern over Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern's recent anti-homosexual statements, as has been the topic circulating among local business leaders.

Apparently they made it quite clear that this was a major issue, and one that could be a big influence on other companies as well:

More:
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/04/antigay_bigotry_bad_for_busine.php

[Clear Blue Sky]

1. Interesting.

Lots of SF based companies may take the same approach.