Fwd: defend sex tourism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri May 17 11:36:58 PDT 2002


Diane Monaco wrote:


>At 11:44 AM 5/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation (NCSFF) is urging
>>Cendant Corporation to revoke a new policy that threatens its hotel
>>franchisees with reprisal if they book "controversial" guests or groups
>>that "national interest groups find offensive." Sign our important
>>petition urging Cendant Corporation to stop bending to the whims of
>>religious political extremists and allow consenting adults to continue
>>using Cendant hotels to meet, discuss, and educate other adults about
>>alternative sexual expression.
>
>If we're talking about sexual expression between consenting adults,
>what is the "NCSFF" so worried about? What kind of new policy can
>possibly be implemented by the Cendant Corporation to prevent that?

I think the background is that hotels have refused to rent facilities to groups made up of various sexual minorities - gay/lesbian, trans*, leather, etc. - for conferences, because the Trad Vals lobby objects.

Doug



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