Fundies to Marriott: Stop showing dirty movies in your rooms...........

[marmar]

.....the "incidentals" charges on our credit cards are killing us! :rofl:



from the American Family :crazy: Association:


Contact: Cindy Roberts [phone] ext. 227
For Immediate Release: 4/9/2008

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Leaders ask Marriott to drop in-room adult movies

(Tupelo, MS) - Forty-seven pro-family leaders have asked the Marriott chain of hotels to stop making porn movies available in their guest rooms.

In a letter dated April 3 to CEO John W. Marriott III, the leaders asked for a meeting with Marriott to discuss the issue. “The cosigners of this letter are leaders of some of the largest pro-family organizations in America. On behalf of these groups, a few of our principals would appreciate the opportunity to meet with representatives from Marriott to discuss this matter further.”

The group said pulling the movies would be in keeping with Marriott’s public statement of “promoting the well-being of children and families” and Marriott’s stated stance against “…such tragedies as human trafficking and the exploitation of children.” Marriott has approximately 2,800 hotels in the U.S., and about 2,400 of them have in-room porn movies.

According to Donald E. Wildmon, chairman of the American Family Association, Marriott has not responded to the request.

In addition to Wildmon, other leaders include Dr. James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family; Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council; Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; Bishop Harry Jackson, chairman of High Impact Leadership Council; and Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media.

Signers of the letter include the following:

Donald E. Wildmon
Chairman & CEO
American Family Association

James C. Dobson, Ph.D., Chairman & Founder
Focus on the Family

Tony Perkins, President
Family Research Council

Paul Weyrich, Chairman & CEO
Free Congress Foundation

Dr. Richard Land, President
Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

Bishop Harry Jackson, Chairman
High Impact Leadership Council

Alan Chambers, President
Exodus International

Dick Bott, President
Bott Radio Network

Phil Burress, President
Citizens for Community Values

Maurine Proctor, President
Family Leader Network

Rich Bott, Vice President
Bott Radio Network

Tom Shields, Chairman
Coalition for Marriage and Family

Bill Johnson, President
American Decency Association

Ron Shuping, Exec. VP of Programming
The Inspiration Networks

John Stemberger, President & General Counsel
Florida Family Policy Council

Micah Clark, Executive Director
American Family Association of Indiana

Diane Gramley, President
American Family Association of Pennsylvania

Gary Glenn, President
American Family Association of Michigan

David E. Smith, Executive Director
Illinois Family Institute

Doug Stiegler, Executive Director
Maryland Family Protection Lobby

Chris Hupke, President
South Dakota Family Policy Council

Kent Ostrander, Executive Director
The Family Foundation (Kentucky)

C. Preston Noell III, President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.

John Helmberger, CEO
Minnesota Family Council

Michael S. Heath, executive director
Christian Civic League of Maine

David Fowler, President
The Family Action Council of Tennessee, Inc.

Joe Ortwerth, Executive Director
Missouri Family Policy Council

Sharilee Guest
Founder, www.AmericaTakingAction.com
President, www.BrandMyBooks.com
President, www.LegaciesThatLast.com
Family Products, www.SimplyFUNdraisers.com

Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

Karen Testerman, Executive Director
Cornerstone Policy Research

John L. Harmer, Chairman
The Lighted Candle Society

Dean Nelson, Executive Director
Network of Politically Active Christians

Dr. Carl Herbster, President
AdvanceUSA

Phillip Jauregui, President
Judicial Action Group

Robert Peters, President
Morality in Media

Matt Barber, Policy Director – Cultural Issues
Concerned Women for America

Len Deo, Founder & President
New Jersey Family Policy Council &
New Jersey Family First

Bobby Lloyd, Executive Director
Long Island Citizens for Community Values

Regina Griggs, Executive Director
Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays
(PFOX)

Carmen Pate, Co-Host
Point of View Radio Talk Show
IRN/USA Radio Network

Steven W. Fitschen, President
The National Legal Foundation

Dr. Rod D. Martin, Chairman
TheVanguard.Org

Chris Brown, Executive Vice President
National Federation of Republican
Assemblies

Gene Mills, CEO
Louisiana Family Forum

Steve Noble, Chairman
Called2Action

Cathi Herrod, President
The Center for Arizona Policy

Howard “Rusty” Leonard, President
Stewardship Partners




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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Why, don't they like the charges on their bills? Simple solution: don't pay to view them!

Can I start a campaign to get Marriott's to ban the Disney Channel or MTV or maybe slasher films too?

[marmar]

2. That line was my own addition.

n/t

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Get a clue. Just stop watching them." - Marriott

"We've had it with you diaper-sex republicon deviants."

- Marriott

[Irishonly]

4. Makes me kinda think

the religious right may have problems saying no to porn. How in the bloody hell would kids know porn can be viewed? Can they not say no? There are some wackos on the list.

[Ilsa]

5. You are too funny! But everyone knows that Fundamentalist Baptists go cruising

for their sexual adventures!

The fundies are the biggest users of the porn on hotel tv, just like the GOP Conventions are where the hookers always hang out. (They just wish the tips were better.)

[distantearlywarning]

6. Reality to fundies: If you don't like dirty movies, don't order them! n/t

[swag]

7. Post-masturbation guilt rears its ugly head.

[CottonBear]

8. Hey fundies! Don't stay at the goddamn Marriott then.

Or, just don't order up porn movies on the pay per view. :grr:

Or, watch your porn at home, asshats. :grr:

[siligut]

9. The Marriotts are Mormon

Some of the big supposedly "about family" organizations have been founded by Mormons. Of course they don’t necessarily have control over the operations. However, I seem to remember something about profiting off the sins of others.

[Warpy]

10. The real world to fundies:

"You don't have a right to go through your lives being completely unoffended by the lives the rest of us lead. Oh, by the way, it's called the OFF SWITCH."

[damntexdem]

11. And stop letting people do 'dirty things' in the rooms, too.

Just thinking about what happens in those rooms is just too much temptation for RW religious 'leaders' to bear.

Or maybe Marriot could put porno charges for RW religious leaders in brown-paper wrappers.

;-)

[NeedleCast]

12. NeedleCast to Marriott: Upgrade Your Porn!

Really, a little production value would be nice...

[dysfunctional press]

13. hotel spankvision "pseudo-porn" is a joke...

no penetration, no money shots...what's the point? :shrug:

[marmar]

14. I don't think that's the case anymore.....

It's hardcore now!.....or so I've heard. :hide:

[XOKCowboy]

22. Hotel porn has come a long way in the last few years..

or so I've heard

No pun intended. :)

[Missy Vixen]

15. I'm going out on a limb here

There's no way in hell Marriott is taking away the pay per view porn. It's a huge moneymaker for them.

I'd also be curious to know how many on the above list have ordered porn PPV in a Marriott property anywhere in the world.

Julie

[NeedleCast]

16. I Think "All of the Above"

is a pretty safe assumption. It's Marriott's fault for tempting them of course, not their fault for pounding the ORDER button.

[XOKCowboy]

21. Exactly Porn is a huge money maker for hotels

The only hotel chain I know of that doesn't offer porn movies is Omni. I understand their chairman is a big fundie with some actual principles.

[Virginia Dare]

26. Exactly, see my post below..

they sell lots of liquor too which is against their religion. In truth, the only God the Marriotts worship is the God of money.

[Marr]

17. What is wrong with these people?

I see this sort of thing over and over. They seem so prone to over-indulging in the vices they rail against, and demand that we all force them to behave. Sort of a "stop me before I fuck again' kind of thing, pardon the expression.

They keep demanding that society become their AA sponsor.

[WolverineDG]

18. Oh that's rich

a bunch of anti-Mormon fundies are going to try to school Marriott on business practices. :eyes: There's a reason Marriott is one of the best hotel chains, geniuses....

dg

[LibertyLover]

19. Reading the names of the signers of that letter

made me think of Mad Magazine's "Don Martin and the usual bunch of idiots". I wish those sanctimonious old farts would all go to a big island somewhere and found their own theocracy and leave the rest of us alone. It's not that I particularly like to watch pornographic movies, but then again I don't particular dislike watching them either, especially the relatively mild films that would be available at a Marriott hotel. And I am perfectly capable of making sure that my 5 year old doesn't watch something I don't think is age appropriate for her. I don't need ol' Donny-boy Wildmon or Jimmy-boy Dobson telling me that a skin flick is something my kid should not watch. But on the other hand, on the off chance that my husband and I manage to have a night to ourselves without the munchkin in a nice hotel, we might want to watch something spicy. As adults we should have the ability to watch a blue film if we choose to in our hotel room, just as they have the ability to not punch in the codes on the tv for a pornographic file and not watch one if they so choose (but why do I always get the smarmy feeling looking at some of those decency crusaders that they really enjoy watching a blue movie or looking at Playboy?).

[bpeale]

20. the Marriott is a mormon owned venture. they can do what they want.

if you don't like it, feel free to stay elsewhere.

[XOKCowboy]

23. Why do fundies want to ban everything they don't like?

If they a better job of bringing us all into their fold (that is their goal I believe) then no one would want alcohol or porn or prositution. We'd have salvation and faith and all that stuff. Plus when they ban it their leaders always get caught doing it anyway!

They're not very smart people are they?

[Virginia Dare]

24. Marriott is a Mormon who makes a ton of money selling booze..

I don't think he's going to get upset about porn as long as the money keeps rolling in.

I did see the other day where he's noticed that many of his properties may be under water in the near future so he's decided to get serious about global warming. Baby steps. Baby steps.

[burythehatchet]

25. ...we prefer watching them in our basements.

[mikeytherat]

27. This is truly what Adam Smith meant by the "invisible hand"

For every "Lions for Lambs" there are 15 "Romancing the Bones." Marriott knows the business model.

mikey_the_rat