Originally Posted by
Rewards_Guy
Like I said in my previous post, Marriott received 100% for the second year in a row on the Human Rights Campaign's
Corporate Equality Index. I can also assure you that neither Marriott International nor Mr. Marriott contributed in any way to Proposition 8.
Again, I think boycotting the entire Marriott brand simply because the CEO is Mormon is not fair, especially since Marriott is such a gay-friendly company. To be cliche, it's cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I agree with this. Bill Marriott posted on his blog that neither he nor the company provided any support for Prop 8:
http://www.blogs.marriott.com/default.asp?item=2284808
As many of you may know I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some might conclude given my family's membership in the Mormon Church that our company supported the recent ballot initiative to ban same sex marriage in California. This is simply untrue. Marriott International is a public company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and is not controlled by any one individual or family. Neither I, nor the company, contributed to the campaign to pass Proposition 8.