SAN DIEGO — A $125,000 donation in support of an anti-gay marriage initiative by a San Diego hotelier has drawn the ire of gay and lesbian activists and local labor unions who are now calling for a boycott.
Organizers held a news conference in front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, near Seaport Village, on Thursday. A coalition of LGBT community leaders and the labor movement spoke out against Doug Manchester, who contributed a donation in support of Proposition 8, which would allow only men and women to marry in the state of California. The group opposes the ballot measure because it threatens the recent state Supreme Court decision that allows marriage between men and women.
Another day, another bigot – but one where comics fans definitely have a chance to make their feelings known. If you’re going to San Diego Comic Con, you may want to consider the homophobia of the Hyatt’s owner and his active opposition to the establishment of legal marriage between same-sex couples* before drinking at the Hyatt (or the Mariott, also owned by Manchester).
Chris Butcher makes his opinion clear.
Tom Spurgeon points out some of the ways people try to justify continued patronage.
And Lisa Jonte asks you to collect receipts from the other bars you patronise.
* I don’t GET these people. “We want to protect marriage: by delegalising a whole bunch of them!”
(Cross-posted to GRC)
