From the Cincinnati Business Courier, reporting on the list of the least gay-friendly destinations. (Just for the record, I find this interesting because I'm tolerant, not because Im' gay. I have enough trouble with my romantic life without THAT rumor going around:

Ohio has become one of the least gay-friendly vacation destinations in the country, according to a list released this week by PlanetOut Inc.

The site's 2005 listing of unfriendly locations listed four states: Ohio, Alabama, Texas and Virginia. Internationally, the list included Saudi Arabia, Iran and Singapore. [Emphasis mine...GOOD GOD.]

Ohio landed on the list because voters in November approved one of the nation's most stringent constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, PlanetOut said.

Ohio's amendment bans legal recognition of any arrangement between unmarried partners. Though it passed, the amendment drew opposition from varied groups such as the Ohio AFL-CIO, Columbus-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Republican Gov. Bob Taft. Opponents feared it could also jeopardize arrangements between heterosexual couples and make it harder for businesses to attract talented workers.

PlanetOut, a San Francisco-based Web portal that caters to homosexuals, warned that gay-unfriendly areas could lose business. It estimated gays and lesbians spend about $54 billion a year on vacations.

Top gay vacation spots included Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. PlanetOut's top international destination was Spain.

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Saudi Arabia, Iran and Singapore, people. You NEVER want to be compared to these folks...

in the meantime, I'm being worked like a dog getting these stores open, which is why I've been updating so little lately. I only work from 8-1 today, and then am going to visit my invalids in hospitals across Toledo...