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S.F. Tourism Chief: Don't Boycott Arizona

S.F. Tourism Chief: Don't Boycott Arizona

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The San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO says that people shouldn't boycott the state of Arizona just because of its newly passed immigration law.

When California's antigay Proposition 8 passed, Joe D'Alesssandro says, the bureau still encouraged people to come to California, despite numerous threats of a boycott.

"We told them they were going to hurt the very LGBT businesses they were trying to support," he told the San Francisco Chronicle.

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