The Bryan Adams factor: One singer canceling a show won’t stop a hate bill, but these actions add up

In the wake of the passage Mississippi’s horrifying anti-LGBT “religious liberty” law, House Bill 1523, some commentators have argued that boycotts against the state are unlikely to effect how they govern. Here at Salon, Nico Lang noted that no upcoming films are slated to shoot in the state, nor do any Fortune 500 companies have headquarters there. Caitlin MacNeal at Talking Points Memo (TPM) emphasized that due to Mississippi’s economic, political and cultural makeup, i