"Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who rails against the 'cesspool'
of pornography, is being criticized by social conservatives who argue that he
should have tried to halt hardcore hotel movie offerings during his near-decade
on the Marriott board.
Two anti-pornography crusaders, as well as two
conservative activists of the type Romney is courting, say the distribution of
such graphic adult movies runs counter to the family image cultivated by Romney,
the Marriotts and
their shared Mormon faith.
'Marriott is a major pornographer. And even
though he may have fought it, everyone on that board is a hypocrite for
presenting themselves as family values when their hotels offer 70 different
types of hardcore pornography,' said Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values,
an anti-pornography group based on Ohio.
Tony Perkins, president of the
Family Research Council, a leading conservative group in Washington, said: 'They
have to assume some responsibility. It's their hotels, it's their television
sets.'"
This isn't going to help Romney's image problem. Talking about it fairly though as a member sitting on the board, his voice is just one of many that makes the choices that run the hotel chain. While he may have tried to take a stand against them, we won't know because the nature of such discussions are that they take place away from the public eye. Looks to me like this is just another scandal in what is going to be a very scandalous campaign.
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