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January 03, 2005
Pete Woods, the vice president of marketing for the Telluride Ski Resort, has a quandary in the Colorado town of 3,000. What is he to do with a resident and conservative talk show host warning families about gays descending on his resort for Gay Ski Week? His answer: send the guy an email telling him to shut up.
Heirich says promoters of the homosexual event, including the Telluride Ski Resort, have demanded he remove his warning to families on his website, claiming it is discriminatory.The resort also asked him to remove links to its site from Heirich's site.
"Telluride Ski Resort does not discriminate against any skiers or visitors to Telluride," the resort's marketing vice president, Pete Woods, told Heirich in an e-mail. "Obviously your website does not reflect that same message.
"Please remove any and all links to the www.tellurideskiresort.com website on the skimall.net site immediately."
[Tempers flaming hot over 'Gay Ski Week' - WorldNetDaily - 01-03-05]
The Telluride City Guide "warning" reads in part:
Although this week should be fun for those not offended by alternative lifestyles; with scheduled events including: The Pleasure Hunt, The Blue Ball Dance, Drag Races and more, we are strongly suggesting that families concerned with exposing their children to the homosexual lifestyle and homosexual behavior schedule their vacations another time.
[Telluride City Guide - 01-03-05]
I don't agree with the warnings posted to families on the Telluride City Guide, maintained by Heirich, but he has every right to link to the resort's website and exercise his right to free speech. Mr. Woods couldn't have done a better job marketing the very message he wishes would go away than firing off an ill-advised and ignorant email.
filed under: Free Speech
