Not sure how true this article is but
GA,TX,NC,VA,FL...
Not so gay friendly states
Illinois ranks very high btw.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...423-story.html
The unspoken factor in Amazon's search for a new home: Jeff Bezos' support for gay rights
Jonathan O'Connell
Washington Post
April 23rd
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That sentiment has not played well at Amazon, according to a person who has been on tour with Amazon as it met with local officials. "I just think Atlanta's out," the person, who is not an Amazon employee, said.
The Georgia legislature did not approve the adoption bill before it adjourned last month. The Georgia Department of Economic Development, which is handling Atlanta's bid for HQ2, declined to comment on the matter.
Amazon also declined to answer questions about the meetings, and it is not known how much a region's stance on gay rights ultimately will factor into its decision. The company's search for a region of "compatible cultural" values is one of many issues it has said it's considering as it chooses the new headquarters.
But the cause of gay rights has emerged as a focus for the company's founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos. (Bezos owns The Washington Post).
One of Bezos's first public actions on same-sex marriage in 2012 took advocates by surprise.
The Supreme Court's decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide was three years away when advocates in a bare-bones office in south Seattle plotted how best to ask Bezos and his wife about a donation.
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Good state rankings and maps in this NY Times article
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...to-be-gay.html
The Worst (and Best) Places to Be Gay in America
By Frank Bruni
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