Thursday, August 21, 2008

Now on the Hallmark aisle:
Gay marriage cards
By Sarah Skidmore, AP Business Writer
Hallmark, seeing a new market after California ruling, rolls out gay marriage greeting cards
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Most states don't recognize gay marriage -- but now Hallmark does.
The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards -- featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. "Two hearts. One promise," one says. Read more at http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080821/gay_wedding_cards.html?.v=8
The Hall family of Kansas City own Hallmark Corporation. The company was founded by Joyce C. Hall, a Methodist preacher's son- who liked to be called J.C. Coincidentally, one of J.C. Hall's favorite sayings was "Good taste is good business." Guess that taste and religious conviction skipped a few generations. Here is the link for the bio for Joyce Hall- very interesting. Steve

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