The dirty-movie option on the remote control at that Marriott hotel where you were planning to stay on your next business trip is under siege by a clutch of conservative groups, including the American Family Association, a pack of Tupelo, Mississippi Bible-thumpers. A news release put out by that merry band reports that a letter signed by forty-seven "pro-family leaders" has been sent to the CEO of Marriott International, Inc., demanding that the chain stop offering the option of "adult entertainment" as part of its pay-per-view service. Marriott's vice president of communications, Bruce Conor, responded that, ""Every guest can quickly and easily block out just the adult movie offering by either calling the front desk or using their (TV) remote pad in the room. It does not appear at all if the guest does not want the offering." Conor chose to play dumb and act as if he didn't get the real thrust (go ahead and snicker, Beavis) of the AFA's plan for a better America: that real "pro-family leaders" don't watch dirty movies, and if they have to do without, by God, so are the rest of us.
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