Gay Foes Target Marriott Over Adult Movies

[WillParkinson]

(Tupelo, Mississippi) Several conservative groups, including the American Family Association, are asking Marriott International Inc. to stop giving hotel guests the option of ordering pay-per-view movies with strong sexual content - gay and straight.

AFA, based in Tupelo, said 47 "pro-family leaders'' have signed a letter asking chain's chief executive, J.W. Marriott Jr., for a meeting to discuss their concerns.

Marriott was told that stopping ``porn movies'' would be in keeping with the corporation's position of ``promoting the well-being of children and families,'' AFA said in a news release.

Marriott's website says the hotel chain has about 3,000 properties in the U.S. and 67 other countries and territories. AFA said most of these hotels offer in-room movies with pornographic content.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/04/041108prn.htm

[Wickerman]

1. lol

ain't going to happen. From what I understand that is *way* to much of a profit center for them to give up.

[Parche]

2. I Wish

These bible thumpers would stop trying to invade other peoples privacy and business, and stick to getting brainwashed by their own evangelical fukwads.....:grr: :grr:


:hi:

[yardwork]

3. Isn't Marriott owned by the Mormons?

[FreeState]

12. No the church does not own Marriott

a member of the church does, but not the church.

[Clear Blue Sky]

4. Don't the hotels have an option of blocking "adult content" from

a room when you check in?

Why is it the hotel's responsibility if their guests choose this?

Is it the hotel's responsibility if one of it's guest brings back a hooker or goes down the street to a strip club?

[mondo joe]

8. As with all repressed fundy matters, it's not enough for them to not do it - they

don't want anyone else doing it either.

[Clear Blue Sky]

11. True - "if I can't have fun, no one else can either"...

[GodlessBiker]

16. This is about control over what people see, not choice.

I wouldn't be surprised if they worry that AFA leaders will someday be caught watching these movies.

[Ian David]

5. See also: GOP Donors drip with hot, sticky porn money

GOP Donors drip with hot, sticky porn money
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1093853

And:

7. No kidding. Conservatives LOVE porn!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1397417#1398002

[Ian David]

6. Hotel porn keeps business travelers alone in their room instead of looking to cheat on their spouses

Besides, the hotels do their best porn business during Baptist conventions.

[YOY]

7. Shit if they don't want to see them then don't watch them.

I don't. And I have to say as a straight man, there is no temptation to. Now I wonder if those pious christians are having those "temptations" (Haggart...cough cough...)

[Tyo]

9. I can't remember where, but I know I saw figures

that showed porn rentals at hotels spiking when Republican or Conservative Christian groups hit town. Also, sex workers apparently do better at Republican conventions than they do at Democratic ones. I need to find some links for this. I know that they are out there.

[Not Me]

10. Average viewing time is 12 minutes

...read that somewhere recently. Hmmm.

[emperor124]

14. 12 minutes?

$30 for 12 minutes...wow that's just depressing.

[katherine20]

13. GOP Pushes Porn

The bottom line is that the GOP is the biggest pusher of porn because if their is profit to be made in filth, they are doing the bidding of their corporate sponsors.

[and-justice-for-all]

15. Now that is fucking bullshit!! FUCK THE AFA!!!

fucking fascist assholes!! GGgrrrrrr!!!!!!!they so piss me the fuck off!!

[swimmernsecretsea]

17. Watching porn will help keep the fundies out of the restrooms. nt.