so this was in the sf chronicle recently (thanks dad for finding it), about how the city of san francisco just issued a proclamation to honor gay porn studio colt on their 40th anniversary of being a company.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/03/BAGJ2OEMTH1.DTL

san francisco loves to issue proclamations to honor just about everything, i only lived in the city briefly during the reign of gavin newsom so i don’t really have too many memories of his actions. willie brown however issued proclamations left and right …

unfortunately when the city chose to honor this business that has been operated out of san francisco for 40 years (paying taxes, creating jobs and promoting safe sex … and managing to follow-up the wildly successful muscle ranch with the much anticipated muscle ranch II), bill o’reilly and other conservative pundits decided to get all up and arms about it. the funny thing is that i’m sure the average san franciscan would agree with the proclamation … any business that can last that long in san francisco should be applauded.

it seems that when the uproar happened, gavin newsom back-pedaled and said he didn’t know about it and didn’t really agree with it either. a good chunk of the board of supervisors not only continue to support the proclamation, but they were at the ceremony to deliver it. this all makes me kinda nostalgic for willie brown, he would have put on his best brioni suit, a wonderful pink shirt and been there to deliver the proclamation himself.

so where i’m going with this is that it ties in with my last post … does a city that honors a gay porn studio really have the need for a gay ghetto? or has the climate of the city changed so much that this stuff is accepted everywhere.