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Marriott CEO: Anti-'gay' laws are not OK
WND ^ | 4/10/2016 | Staff

Posted on 04/11/2016 5:47:28 AM PDT by HomerBohn

'We shouldn't judge people by ... who they love, what gender they identify with'

(Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International)

For Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International, it was an “easy call” when it came time to voice his opinion on North Carolina’s HB2, the nation’s first state law limiting the bathroom options for transgender people.

The law also excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections, and blocks municipalities from adopting their own anti-discrimination and living wage rules.

In first-person opinion piece on CNBC, Sorenson wrote: “I was asked to join a group of American business leaders and CEOs in opposing North Carolina’s HB2, a bill passed recently that sanctions LGBT discrimination across that state.

“For Marriott and for me, this was an easy call. The law does not reflect our values or a basic principle that helps drive new jobs and economic growth in North Carolina and beyond: Everyone deserves to be welcome. We are disappointed with the unusual speed that was given to passing and signing this legislation into law, undoubtedly an attempt to minimize public outcry.

“Undeterred, I’m pleased to see that we are aligned with civil rights advocates, as well as most of the state’s top employers and job creators in calling for HB2 to be repealed. We’ve also heard a chorus of objections from major sporting leagues and organizers of popular North Carolina events, like the upcoming High Point Market Week that celebrates the state’s outstanding furnishings and design industry. At Marriott, we are also hearing from concerned customers and local employees.”

(At link you can express your opinion)

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: ceo; corporateamerica; homosexualagenda; liberalfascism; marriott
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To: HomerBohn

I stay in Marriot’s all over the Southeast on a monthly basis. The Gideon’s are still there and I’ve yet to find a Book of Mormon.


61 posted on 04/11/2016 8:15:39 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: dp0622

Revelation 17 becomes easier to imagine by the day. The corporate BBB (Big Business Bullies) are going to make it impossible to buy or sell without compromising your values. I just hope all of these companies get sued out of business when someone gets raped in a bathroom due to them pushing this madness on us:

“16And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
17and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.”


62 posted on 04/11/2016 8:22:15 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: HomerBohn

Mr. Sorenson, Marriott is free to allow men to use the ladies rooms in its hotels if Marriott chooses to do so. This law protects Marriott from being mandated to allow men in the ladies’ restrooms and shower rooms by over zealous city councils.


63 posted on 04/11/2016 8:28:25 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: HomerBohn

“Sheets, towels and the rooms must be thoroughly sanitized, but even then a regular human being will wonder what happened on the mattress he’s now sleeping on...”

I wonder that now. First thing I do when entering a hotel is throw the comforter/bed ruffles in a corner. They never wash or change those out and there was a show a while back where they ran the lumen test on comforters and they were covered with human material. Doesn’t matter where it came from to me.


64 posted on 04/11/2016 8:33:54 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: polymuser

It was indeed the Frankfurt School’s contribution to the Left: the addition of Freud to Marx and Darwin.

With that synthesis, they figured out that you could not lead the proletariat with reason and logic. You had to cross over into irrationality, directly aim at the id.

Edward Bernays knew this as well and proved its effectiveness, giving the neo-Marxists a methodology that worked and the quasi-science behind it so its results could be replicated at will.


65 posted on 04/11/2016 8:35:24 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: HomerBohn

So close every Marriott in North Carolina, stop taking their money and practice what you preach. If you keep them open, make sure every restroom is open to anyone.


66 posted on 04/11/2016 8:49:21 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: armydawg505

Only register LGBT perverts.

Post a sign at the entrance stating that perverts are welcome.


67 posted on 04/11/2016 9:00:15 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

We’ve been staying at Hampton Inns who inform you by a post-it note stuck on the bedstead that all bedding is laundered after check out.

Hampton Inns (Hilton)have been gaining over the past ten years in popularity and we’ve noted that the other guests appear to be normal people. The downside is that their rates have risen dramatically, but the stay is worth it.


68 posted on 04/11/2016 9:03:07 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: xzins

You must understand the culture from which Arne sprang. In his homeland they welcome perverts of all nationalities. While there they rape little girls and get away with it.

Homosexuals abound.


69 posted on 04/11/2016 9:07:08 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: HomerBohn

‘We shouldn’t judge people by ... who they love, what gender they identify with’
(Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International)

Okay then. If you or anyone in your extended family has a child and some adult decides to “love” that child, can we assume that you will not press charges? Or will you be a hypocrite?


70 posted on 04/11/2016 9:12:44 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: pburgh01
I do and I take offence with you trying to steal their dignity with name-calling.

You can't steal a faggot's dignity. He has none, having thrown it away by his embrace of and identification with vile perversion. He can only regain it by rejecting perversion.

71 posted on 04/11/2016 9:12:48 AM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: HomerBohn

For Marriott and for me, this was an easy call. The law does not reflect our values

So a law designed to protect our religious freedoms and to protect children are not values that you hold?
Thank you for that admission. We will never give you another cent!


72 posted on 04/11/2016 9:15:42 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: HomerBohn

Hey Sorenson. I don’t like “anti-homosexual,” laws either, but homosexuals don’t deserve extra constitutional rights. Right, Sorenson?

5.56mm


73 posted on 04/11/2016 9:18:09 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: dp0622

Well, the brats are wearing out their own indulgence this way.


74 posted on 04/11/2016 9:23:33 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: savagesusie

Menticide! I just killed my Mentos!

I kid. I wish it was that trivial.

However there is also such a thing as Mentiresurrection. This operates from the grace of God, which is the most powerful factor in the universe. Anyone can destroy. Who can rebuild?


75 posted on 04/11/2016 9:25:18 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: M Kehoe

Why doesn’t someone change the narrative. This is not a anti-homosexual law.

IT IS A PRO-CHRISTIAN LAW!

Since when does one group of people rate more rights when another?


76 posted on 04/11/2016 9:25:19 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Political Correctness = National Suicide)
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To: 48th SPS Crusader

People are patient and generally boycotts over small things don’t have a very long shelf life.

However as the issues grow, sooner or later welcomes will be worn out.


77 posted on 04/11/2016 9:27:47 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HomerBohn

What’s not OK is men peeing in girl’s bathrooms. What an idiot. His hotels will be a prime target for lawsuits. Pervs will be dressing like women just to get in.


78 posted on 04/11/2016 9:29:29 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: NorthMountain

How about other kinds of sinners? Have we arrived at the unforgivable sin?


79 posted on 04/11/2016 9:29:51 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: greene66

Many of us warned of the camel’s nose in the tent. Well, now the whole camel is taking a big dump in the middle of the tent.


80 posted on 04/11/2016 9:38:57 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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