The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has cancelled the public relations contract it had signed to help repair the tremendous damage caused when Gov. Mike Pence signed the anti-LGBT so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law. According to Chris W. Cotterill, executive vice president of the IEDC, the contract was cancelled in part because…
WASHINGTON— Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) reacted to news that the state of Indiana’s Economic Development Corporation has retained a public relations firm to help repair the damage caused by the recent passage of anti-LGBT legislation that led to a national outcry. The news emerged the same day that new polling commissioned by HRC…
The death of Donald A. Perry, Chick-Fil-A executive, has sparked an influx of Twitter responses linking his passing to the company’s recent controversies surrounding sex marriage. Perry passed away of a heart attack July 27. “Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for nearly 29 years,” the company wrote. “He was a well-respected and…
Way back in 1992, two great New York restaurateurs got together to create something very simple. No one knew that 20 years later it would be a national and international phenomenon, spanning over 26 major cities. This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Restaurant Week, and boy we couldn’t be any happier. The history…
