New Orleans Tourism Moves Fast to Avoid an Indiana Bigotry Moment
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It takes guts for a destination marketing organization to announce to the world that its state governor is a political opportunist trying to take down tourism for his own political benefit. Brave and smart move by New Orleans.
New Orleans doesn't want to have Indianapolis' problems, and its tourism officials are moving quickly to distance themselves from actions by the state's governor.
Yesterday Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed an executive order that sought to enact the same religious freedom laws that allow people to selectively obey laws based upon their religious beliefs. Often that results in persecution of gays and lesbians, similar to laws in Russia supported by strongman Vladimir Putin. The executive order followed the f
