Yesterday, Texas voters overwhelmingly (76.2%) approved Proposition 2, which affords constitution status to the traditional definition of marriage.
Here in Harris County, 72.5% of voters approved Proposition 2.
It is worth noting that a Houston Chronicle staff editorial effectively called supporters of the measure bigots.
It is further worth noting that the Chronicle‘s Sunday editorialist and weekday Austin bureau chief effectively compared supporters of Proposition 2 to the KKK, and called Proposition 2 “prejudicial” and “hate-provoking.”
Whatever one’s thoughts on Proposition 2, it really cannot be disputed that it’s a pretty stupid business model to engage in such nasty name-calling with such a large segment of your potential customer base.
And however dizzily euphoric publisher Jack Sweeney made himself after spinning so effusively about the Chron‘s declining circulation, he might want to consider that part of the decline just might be explained by those people who eventually are offended when the newspaper’s juvenile editorialists seem to go out of their way to call so many potential customers names, and to attack their values. It should come as no surprise that some of those people may not want to pay for that privilege.
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