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Article: Boycott threatened in same-sex debate
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- April 4, 1996
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WASHINGTON - Conservative Christian groups on the mainland are vowing to boycott Hawaii as a tourist destination unless the state Legislature gives voters the chance to ban homosexual marriages.
"Unless something amazing happens, there will be a boycott," said Michigan state Rep. Deborah Whyman, a Republican who has talked with religious right groups. "They need to understand how we feel about this on the mainland."
"The only thing we know that we can do now is have an economic boycott," said the Rev. Lou Sheldon, chairman of the California-based Traditional Values Coalition, a conservative lobbying organization that claims some 31,000 churches as members. "If people want to go to the South ...