South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford believes it would cost to much political capital to remove the flag of a country that no longer exists, was defeated in its only war and was created largely for the purpose of preserving human slavery from the grounds of the state capitol:

Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that a new push by the NAACP to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina’s Statehouse won’t be a priority during his final years in office.

But, dammit !!! Somebody invited teh gays!!  South Carolina is terrified that that the state might increase tourism and receipt of tourist dollars from homosexuals.  That must be stopped.

A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”

Mind you, similar ads were posted for Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., but none of those places reported any backlash from the ads.

Which makes less sense, refusing to promote your state as a vacation destination to a demographic with above average disposable income or publicly maintaining symbols that your state went to war so its citizens could retain their right to own other human beings?