Posted on 01/26/2016 4:41:49 PM PST by Gandalf the Mauve
Indiana may have lost as much as $60 million in hotel profits, tax revenue and other economic benefits when a dozen groups decided against hosting conventions in Indianapolis last year due at least in part to the controversy surrounding the state's religious objections law.
A document prepared by the tourism group Visit Indy shows that the 12 out-of-state groups were surveyed and all said that the state's controversial law played a role in their decision to hold their events elsewhere. The document was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its formal release Thursday.
The Republican-backed law garnered quick and largely negative national backlash after it was signed by Gov. Mike Pence in March, with critics saying it sanctioned discrimination against gay people on religious grounds. Lawmakers hastily made changes days later, after the NCAA, the gamer convention GenCon and other business interests raised the possibility of moving events, but critics said the law still doesn't go far enough to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination....
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Freedom is not free ...
This year’s laws will have even more religious freedoms ...
Homosexuals historically have lied about numbers.
Serve mammon... or the Other Guy.
We know who the media has chosen.
No, this is how elitist organized boycotts work.
Show me the numbers!
How much mark up is there?
60MM TOTAL expenditure is a large number?
emphasis is on MAY HAVE LOST....not did lose. on the other side, Indiana may have gained more due to the law.
So, from your comments, are you for or against the actions of the “Indiana Republicans”?
Bet you signed up on FR so you could rub our noses in this kind of thing, didn’t you?
Good riddance to money if the cost is the loss of religious freedom and decency.
It’s unlikely that the international homosexual olympics committee really was going to move its games to Muncie, Indiana — anyway.
There is something called Good Will.
It can rarely be bought, but it lasts for years, decades even.
You will not hear us brag as we plan our vacations, RV trips or one night stops in the state, but we do make plans in advance.
Enjoy today for your joy will not last.
Is there a comparison of gdp growth between states that have these laws and those that don’t. I’m guessing the conservative states would do better.
Also note that the writer included the hotel profits in the column of losses to the state. Yep, the state owns all profits of the hotel. G-D Marxist writer!
Did the Liberal Chicago Spitoon make any effort to determine whether Indiana gained anything from their stance? Or is that simply not pursued because it’s unthinkable?
How much is it worth to pooh-pooh the notion that a man should deposit his seed in the mouth or rectum of another man?
Of course, there’s really no way to know this. Others might have taken up the slack where these organizations pulled out.
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