AL’s Resistance To Same-Sex Marriage Could Hurt The State’s Economy
Rachel Osier Lindley | February 18, 2015
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Apple might be headed into the auto manufacturing business. Apple’s CEO — Tim Cook — is from Alabama, and the state is known as an auto-manufacturing hot-spot. Alabama sounds like a natural fit for the company’s automotive expansion. But Alabama Media Group political commentator Kyle Whitmire says the state’s recent bad press surrounding same-sex marriage might turn companies off of doing business here.Photo by blakespot