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Gulf Coast News Anchor Wants LGBTs to Take 'Gaycation'

Romenesko got a hold of an undated screenshot of a Gulf Coast-based news anchor's Facebook status that advises same-sex-loving folks to take a "gaycation" because the anchor thinks they've been in the news too much.

http://jimromenesko.com/2014/03/27/biloxi-news-anchor-urges-the-lgbt-community-to-go-on-a-gaycation/.">"I'm all for the LGBT community's ongoing fight for equality. I support their fight in every way," wrote Dave Elliot, an anchor for WLOX-TV. "But it seems like they've been in the news too much lately. Maybe they should take a short break. Go on gaycation, just for the weekend."

Indeed LGBT issues have been in a lot of headlines recently, especially here in Mississippi. This week, http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2014/mar/26/lgbters-rally-jackson-demand-respect/">a number of LGBT groups rallied to demand human rights. Earlier this year, a handful of conservative lawmakers thttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2014/feb/27/anti-gay-push-setback-miss-ariz/">ried to sneak through a so-called religious freedom bill that would have turned the clock on civil rights back to Jim Crow times.

When LGBT advocates got wind of the bill, reaction was swift enough to slow the bill down. The House removed the most worrisome language, but the Senate wants to negotiate more, which means by Monday, the discriminatory language could end up back in the proposal and send it to the governor.

If that happens, it could put Elliot in the awkward position of having to read even more gay news, assuming he still has his job. Romesko reported that WLOX wrote on its Facebook page that “we are not happy at all with the post" or any "free publicity" that the station may be getting from the post.

Interestingly, Dave Elliot's Facebook page indicates that a couple hours ago shows that he https://www.facebook.com/dave.elliottwlox?fref=ts">was visiting Little River Canyon National Preserve's Eberhart Point Overlook in Alabama. So it is unclear whether WLOX— an ABC- and CBS-affiliated station—will send Elliot on a permanent vacation.

Comments

tstauffer 10 years ago

Sounds like maybe he should take a "leave of abstinence" from the station.

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