Holiday Inn Reneges on Agreement with Pro-Family & Conservative Groups
Apparently, the "Welcome" signs at Holiday Inn hotels in Illinois do not apply to pro-family Christians and conservatives. In the space of a week, the hotel has discriminated against both Americans For Truth, a Naperville-based group that fights the "gay" activist agenda, and the Minuteman Project, which works for the enforcement of immigration laws.
On Monday, Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, Illinois canceled Americans For Truth's longstanding reservation for its October 6th banquet -- with General Manager Dennis Igeo (dennis@naperselect.com; 630-505-4900) citing "safety" issues for the hotel's patrons. The pro-family group -- run by Peter LaBarbera, former Executive Director of Illinois Family Institute -- was well into the planning stages for the fundraising banquet when LaBarbera told the banquet coordinator of the possibility of a "gay" protest. Within days, Igoe was putting conditions on AFT's banquet, and then he canceled it altogether.
Thankfully, AFT has secured another venue for its banquet, in Lombard, but it had to change the date to Friday, Oct. 5th. Click HERE for more details on the banquet, featuring former lesbian Charlene Cothran and parents rights activist David Parker. Please support Peter and Americans For Truth -- the only national group focusing solely on educating and alerting America to the real threat to freedom and children posed by the homosexual/bisexual/transgender movement. (Call 312-315-6152 or e-mail americansfortruth@comcast.net to book a ticket for the AFT banquet.)
Folks, using "safety" as a pretext to discriminate against pro-family Christians and conservatives is outrageous and probably illegal under Illinois' Human Rights Act. We all know that Holiday Inn would never renege on the contract of a homosexual activist group just because it learned that there might be pro-family protests. I agree with my friend Pete that political correctness is turning America into a "nation of cowards."
The sad fact is, committed Christians in Illinois and across the nation are becoming second-class citizens, and our very "freedom to be moral-- that is, to live out our faith-- is in jeopardy because of the aggressive homosexual agenda.
You can learn more about the discriminatory cancellation of Americans For Truth's banquet from this online radio interview with LaBarbera on CWA's website. Here are some other links:Christian Group Says It Was Treated Unfairly Naperville Sun
Holiday Inn Dumps Christian Banquet, Group Says Anti-Christian Discrimination at Play AFA's One News Now
TAKE ACTION:
1) To complain about Holiday Inn Select's discriminatory treatment against people of faith and conservatives (another Holiday Inn canceled an event for the Minuteman Project) -- and their abrupt cancellation of Americans For Truth's banquet reservation, write dennis@naperselect.com or call the hotel at 630-505-4900.
2) Support Americans For Truth by attending their banquet on Friday October 5th. Call 312-315-6152 to make a reservation; you can also e-mail americansfortruth@comcast.net or sign up online at AFT's website.
3) Please pray that this event will be a success, and that AFT will be able to continue to be the leading resource for Americans seeking to expose and confront the homosexual agenda.
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Phone: (708) 781-9328
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Evil men don't understand the importance of justice,
but those who follow the Lord are much concerned about it.
~Proverbs 28:5
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