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Published July 16, 2008 at 8:54 pm by Ken Hawkins.
Filed in: Business, News, Politics, Offbeat, So Gay, resignation, gay, Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism, controversy, advertising.
Employee resigns over 'So gay' ad
The state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism employee blamed for OK’ing the ‘South Carolina is so gay” ad has resigned.
The England-focused ad campaign meant to draw gays to our tourist destinations. Instead of getting the expected response of “so what?” the “so gay” campaign has instead drawn a lot of “say what?”
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