Ethics

Anti-Gay Bigotry Bad for Business

By Ed Brayton

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.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).