Hilton has run an ad featuring two male lovers in a magazine that's not even "gay-specific" and the American Family Association is on the move! Cavan Sieczowski writes:
The group recently launched a petition against Hilton Worldwide after an ad for the hotel chain featuring two men in bed together was published in the June 2016 issue of Travel + Leisure.
They published a statement on their website criticizing the ad:
Travel and Leisure isn’t a gay-specific magazine sent directly to homosexual’s homes. It’s a widely distributed mainstream publication that can be found in many public places such as doctors’ or auto repair waiting rooms. If Hilton had advertised two men playing tennis, cards, or having lunch, that would have been reasonable. However, Hilton chose to make a cultural and social statement by purposely marketing the promotion of homosexuality to a large segment of the population who finds the idea of two men sleeping together unnatural and offensive.
Widely distributed? Mainstream? Public places? Heavens! Some 46,000 people agree with the AFA, eagerly signing the petition to register their discontent. Hopefully, they'll keep their pens handy—just betting there's a lot more disillusionment to come.