South Carolina's gay no more. Well, their tourism board isn't, anyway.

Hoping to profit on the pink dollar, an eager beaver state tourism agent signed up with London-based Amro Worldwide to market the Palmetto State to the gays. South Carolina would have joined London, Atlanta, New Orleans and a host of other cities in the "So Gay" campaign.

The deal would require the state to pay $1.4 million, as well as cost about $5,000 from the tourism agency.

Conservative politicians were displeased, to say the least, and squashed the plan…

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