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or board members.

Coors, the Colorado brewer, scored 100%. But this does not reflect its relationship with the Castle Rock Foundation, founded in 1993 by Coors family members to separate their political activity from their company. In 2005, Castle Rock contributed $2.4 million to right wing

of industries that do well, average higher."

Texas, for example, is a conservative state. But it ranks above the national average because of the number of airlines headquartered there, a high-scoring industry.

Luna said the industry factor even tops the presence of labor unions, which typically bargain for LGBT-affirming workplaces.

The tobacco industry leads the way with 90%, followed by consulting and business services and the hospitality and casino in-

think tanks and advoOhio companies rated

cacy groups, including $50,000 to the Federalist Society, which promotes anti-LGBT, "strict constructionist" legal theories, and $60,000 to Landmark Legal, an anti-LGBT law firm.

HRC spokesperson Brad Luna said the mission of the survey is to develop a matrix that can be used across industries for rating how the actual corporations treat employees. Acknowledging the contradictions between

how Coors appears in that matrix and what their profits fund, Luna said HRC provides other materials "to give texture to that."

"We have no control over how shareholders

Company

Abercrombie & Fitch Cooper Tire & Rubber

Dana Corp.

Federated Department Stores Fifth Third Bancorp Key Corp.* Kroger

Lauren Manufacturing Limited Brands National City Corp. Nationwide NCR Corp. Owens Corning Procter & Gamble Progressive

University Hospitals

City New Albany

Rating 50

Findlay

33

Toledo

35

Cincinnati

80

Cincinnati

65

Cleveland

75

Cincinnati

35

New Philadelphia

5

Columbus 70 Cleveland 58 Columbus 100

Dayton

100

Toledo

100

Cincinnati

65

Mayfield Village Cleveland

35

65

*Rated for the first time this year.

The report, with the full list, is at www.hrc.org/cei

spend the money," said Luna, adding that the process of ratings is "evolving." Some industries are friendlier

Luna said that the key factor in determining where the LGBT-affirming employers are appears to be industry-related, not based on geography.

"It has to do with companies in each industry leading the way."

"There's no correlation between the politics of a state and how its companies do," said Luna. "States with high concentrations

dustry with 89% each. Law firms were next with 87%.

The lowest-scoring industry was engineering and construction with 54%.

Daryl Herrschaft, who directs HRC's Workplace Project, said that the progress made by corporations does not remove the need for laws protecting LGBT people in the workplace.

"This opens up channels for internal policies," said Herrschaft, "but there's no substitute for civil rights protection. We want a level playing field."

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