Actions | Gay Rights

Urge Crowne Plaza to Drop Conference Hosted by Group that Compares LGBT People to Nazis

To: Crowne Plaza O'Hare

The Crowne Plaza O'Hare is scheduled to host a Fall 2009 conference by the Illinois Family Institute, a radical conservative group that has compared homosexuality to nazism and slavery, and urges Christian Churches to combat LGBT people as if they were nazis. Urge the Crowne Plaza O'Hare to refuse to host this conference. Part of the Crowne Plaza's anti-discrimination policy includes a pledge not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Letting a group hold a conference in your facilities that actively compares homosexuality to nazism is completely contrary to that pledge.

Report close
You must be signed in to report content.

Sign the Letter

Please Refuse to Hold Conference From Group that Compares Homosexuality to Nazism

Dear Crowne Plaza O'Hare,

On October 6, the Crowne Plaza O'Hare is scheduled to host a conference by the Illinois Family Institute, a conservative, anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) organization that has <a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-church-should-fight-homosexuality-like-it-did-nazism-r-1248637577">recently compared homosexuality to nazism, and has urged people to fight against LGBT people as if they were nazis or slaveholders themselves</a>. This type of politics is not something that should be supported by the Crowne Plaza O'Hare. While I respect the right of political organizations to stake out positions on certain social issues, I feel that the Illinois Family Institute has gone too far by comparing homosexuality to nazism, and threatens to damage the reputation of the Crowne Plaza O'Hare. In past instances, the Illinois Family Institute has also <a href="http://www.illinoisfamily.org/informed/contentview.asp?c=34430">attacked LGBT parents</a>, <a href="http://www.illinoisfamily.org/informed/contentview.asp?c=34215">LGBT churchgoers</a>, and <a href="http://www.illinoisfamily.org/informed/contentview.asp?c=33978">has supported efforts to "convert" LGBT people</a> using tactics that have been roundly denounced by mainstream psychological and public health organizations. Please reconsider your decision to allow the Illinois Family Institute to host its October conference at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare. Hosting conferences from organizations that stake out political positions on issues is one thing; but hosting conferences from organizations that compare homosexuality to nazism and urges people to fight back against LGBT people is dangerous, and in the worst interests of your LGBT staff and your LGBT customers. Sincerely,

[Your name here]

Sorry, the time period for signing this petition has ended.

Thomas Shelton Ringgold, GA

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Oct 22
Erin Gillitzer La Crosse, WI

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Oct 14
Ilia Raye Steilacoom, WA

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Oct 10
Christiane Henker Bad Laer, Germany

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Oct 07
Aleasha Casaretto Collyeville, TX

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Oct 05
kenneth knoppik boca raton, FL

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Sep 27
Candace Penner Yuba City, CA

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Sep 27
Sharla Stone Mokelumne Hill, CA

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Sep 25
Shannon Grow-Garrett Baytown, TX

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Sep 24
Melissa Montgomery Sheffield Lake, OH

Sent letter to Crowne Plaza O'Hare

Sep 23