Affordable Suites hotel
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Affordable Suites hotel
says it has a policy of not renting rooms to gay couples. You can contact Affordable Suites HERE.
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It's not ILLEGAL to refuse to rent to homosexuals, is it?
March 30th, 2007 at 9:12 pmIt’s not ILLEGAL to refuse to rent to homosexuals, is it?
Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
No one said bigotry was illegal.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pmPeople, please don't feed the trolls.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pmThey are a disgusting hotel chain, so must be boycotted!
March 30th, 2007 at 9:21 pmHow do they know who is gay and who isn't? What if I travel with my sister or daughter or best female friend and try to rent a suite from them? Will I be turned away because some 10th grade-educated desk clerk might possibly think I might be gay?
March 30th, 2007 at 9:25 pmI wonder if Glenn Beck could get a room?
March 30th, 2007 at 9:30 pmComment by Laure Miller — March 30, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
You make a great point - better to be safe and stay away - my husband travels with his brothers frequently - that could be embarrassing.
And I don't want to hear from any trolls that we're boycotting - we're just being safe.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:30 pmOne less place the Gopers can stay at.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:32 pmLaure Miller,
Education is the key.
People need to finally realize that being gay should be viewed the same as having blue eyes or dark skin.
It's all genetic.
"If God didn't make people gay, then there wouldn't be any."
-Quote from a very cool button I saw.....
March 30th, 2007 at 9:33 pmThat was going to be my question, Laure. How do they know if you're gay??
March 30th, 2007 at 9:33 pmI guess i knowwhere i'll be renting my rooms. pretty obvious question and answer here, dont kiss your same sex parter when checking in..... soooooo stupid
March 30th, 2007 at 9:38 pmNo one should be afraid of kissing their loved one in public.
That's the problem.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:43 pmgo for it trueblue, i have a german shepard i truly love, i bet you feel the same way about your basset hound.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:46 pmi dont give tongue to tonuge on him, you may do on yours, hope its fun for you.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:47 pmToo bad you are so small minded, umbra.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:50 pmif i had a hotel, and someone wanted to checkin with a yew, ok you get the picture, what do you do? its illegal. state law trumps.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:52 pmok trublue, sorry if your offended. give my regards to your better half.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:53 pmThe hotel chain probably has crab lice in their beds from the homophobic rednecks staying there > lol.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:57 pm"if i had a hotel, and someone wanted to checkin with a yew"...
What? ... And no, we don't get the picture, why don't you explain it to us.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:57 pmREMIND ME TO GET A DRIVE BOYCOTTING AND MAKING SURE NO CUSTOMERS GO TO OR USE "Affordable Suites Hotel"---THEY'RE TOAST, AND BURNT TOAST IN MY BOOK!!!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 9:59 pmobvious breakdown in education, you want eroticica search the internet.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:00 pmThat's not the issue, and you know it.
We're talking about bigotry. Plain and simple.
What do you think of the quote I wrote in post #9?
Jesus loved everyone. (except the people who took advantage of the weak, of course)
So why judge people as if YOU were Jesus?
March 30th, 2007 at 10:00 pmso, trueblue, how they gonna know they are gay? unless there is an overt act that, they want the owner(s) to see?
March 30th, 2007 at 10:04 pmsorry , too many
March 30th, 2007 at 10:09 pmumbra,
I just don't get you.
unless there is an overt act that, they want the owner(s) to see?...
So you are saying gays want to flaunt their sexuality?
How about they'd simply like to be accepted as fellow human beings on this earth?
Simple as that.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:10 pmWhat if sports teams wanted to stay there? Can you imagine the spectacle at the front desk when 10, 20 or 50 muscular men or women? What if one pair turned out to be roomies that were also gay? Does the entire team have to leave? Do they ask the coach if any of the roomies have ever appeared to be gay?
People on this planet become more and more ridiculous every day.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:14 pmduh trublue, i dont think anyone should flaunt their sexuality. stupid.. stupid.. stupid.. i know you cant help being a homo. sorry,
March 30th, 2007 at 10:15 pmby the way i didn't quote the bible, i dont really know it.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:16 pmNot cool or correct, umbra.
What do you think of the quote in post #9, as I asked you before?
And why do you feel you can judge, when you are not God?
Please answer.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:17 pmim not god, neither or you. and if you think that has any relevenece, sorry.... too many other quotes to count.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:19 pm"i dont think anyone should flaunt their sexuality."
Come on umbra, lighten up, nothing wrong with a little sexuality! ;)
March 30th, 2007 at 10:23 pmapparently you dont understand where i stand, im not anti-gay. im anti overt. noone has to know....
March 30th, 2007 at 10:24 pmI'd like some reporter try to check in with an underage girl and see what happens. This is ridiculous. They rent to Republicans who probably then call some skeezy escort service or Jeff Gannon.
What are these people afraid of?
March 30th, 2007 at 10:25 pm8-9 minutes for a response.. either the site sucks, or the yardbirds do.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:26 pm8 minutes
March 30th, 2007 at 10:28 pm10 minutes
March 30th, 2007 at 10:29 pmoh, they are editing the responses...
March 30th, 2007 at 10:29 pmIf one is worried about homophobia, I would strongly suggest not to eat at the Water Street Oyster Bar in San Antonio, Tx. I met my brother there earlier this week on a lay-over from Atlanta. We ordered a beer, oysters on the half shell, and shrimp coctails, and were refused service for another beer. I feel it was due to us hugging each other and showing family affection, by a female waitress with no more than a tenth grade education. The manager said we had "too much to drink". I pursued that line of intellegence and the San Antonio PD was called. I voiced my disappointment to the officer, and we were escorted off the premises to our waiting taxi. Boycot the MF. I can and will continue to hug my brother in public. What EVIL lurks in the heart of men? Only the Shadow knows.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:32 pm#33 you can find that on that on the internet too.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:32 pm20 minutes. I did see the 8, 10 minute responses
March 30th, 2007 at 10:33 pmglad you had a "waiting taxi" kiss your brother.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:37 pmAffordable Suites hotel : a no pedophila zone
March 30th, 2007 at 10:37 pmrms,
That is awful!
Unfortunately, I was lead to believe San Antonio was a great city and lived there for about 5 months.
.....
Ugh.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:37 pmWhat unaccepting, homophobic people can do - it's terrible.
Thanx umbra, I am a native of South Texas, 7th generation, and never considered voting for bush or shrub. SA is a wonderful place to live/visit. Look out for the phonies in the world, where ever they may be. This world has gotten out of hand. The SAPD were not doing their job. Just placating the patrons that found two brothers hugging repulsive. Must have been republicans.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:45 pmthats what i want my kids to see, guys groupinng guys.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:46 pmrms, hugging is fine, lil tongue loc is a problem. what the hell is SAPD
March 30th, 2007 at 10:49 pmThe only part of Texas I will drive through is the Panhandle, which can be traversed in a few hours. Otherwise it takes an entire day to drive through it and I dislike homophobic Texan rednecks. Odd thing is that Texas supposedly has the most Gay bars of any state, but you have to sneak into them without being seen by the rednecks.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:51 pmI just clicked their contact us link and sent them a FUNNY e-mail. lol
March 30th, 2007 at 10:52 pmCome on: NYPD or SAPD. You are as ignorant as you post. Sounds like the perfect restaurant for your type. Upscale, expensive, with no class.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:52 pmright, but they have no problem allowing the GOP'ers obese wives cuckolding them with 12 guys.
tweakers.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:53 pmumbra is too ugly to get laid for free by anybody > lol.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:53 pmrms, your so stupid, do something briliant. say something.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:54 pmrms - 12 minutes
March 30th, 2007 at 10:55 pmJay Randal, sorry i turned you down when you were in tampa. your uust too old ....
March 30th, 2007 at 10:56 pmJay, sorry, when your almost 90 we dont need to talk to you. you know ehere your pills are? you may need them.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:00 pmNever been to Tampa, so you must of turned down an old GOPer > lol.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:02 pmi find it refreshing that you are so old and can ... oh hi eve .. you do reallywell typing for the old man
March 30th, 2007 at 11:03 pmumbra > if you walked buck naked down Castro Street in San Francisco the Gay guys would laugh at you > lol.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:05 pmJay, you can do anything you want. I can too. I choose not to exercise your fantasy... I also choose not to kiss my girfriend in the lobby. I'l wait.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:10 pmumbra is a close minded, angry person.
No need to continue feeding this troll.
I feel sorry for it, actually.
It will never know peace, or happiness. Very sad.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:11 pmLOL if you have a girlfriend she is a fat toothless wench.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:12 pmtrueblue I am bored so I decided to wallop a GOP nerd troll on here.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:15 pmtypical, no debate, just want a dick up their ass.. sorry no debat left your stupid. bye bithes... oh trueble, vaseline will probally work based on your posts at the homo site, and jay ... you have aids.. sorry, tests came back, see dr almands tomorrow
March 30th, 2007 at 11:16 pmI must admit I had no idea where that rant against you came from.
:)
It is kinda slow here tonight, isn't it?
March 30th, 2007 at 11:18 pmlol umbra > how old are you? 21 or just 19? Tell Rove you are not worth the money he pays you to hang on here. Now go put Oxy5 on your zits.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:20 pmMost of Bush's close advisers -- including his boytoy Jeff Gannon -- would have no where to sleep. I guess they could all hop back in the presidential limo!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:23 pmI agree, Jay.
That was some of the weakest crap I've read in quite a while.
Boy, that was bad!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:25 pmTo trueblue, thank you for your support. I feel sorry for folks like umbra that cannot/willnot nurture diversity in all of its forms. It does not know the difference between a compliment and a put down. Have you noticed that this poor thing probably cannot afford, much less dress for this type of establishment? I believe that this cretant was dropped on it's head by it's mother at an early age.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:29 pmTo umbra-come on down to my 111 acre ranch and my brothers and I will show you what end is up. I personally feel that your type of individual needs to proverbially "be taken behind the wood shed" and shown some manners. My little brother will make you cut your switch to show you something you do not possess, common courtesy and respect for your elders. Then my Mother will wip you just for general purposes!
REAGAN > the hotel chain is just against Gay male couples. They probably offer their own male escort/hooker service for guys like Bush.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:30 pmSo Matt Drudge won't be able to rent a room?
March 30th, 2007 at 11:30 pmWhat about Foley? Or Haggard? Or Matt Sanchez?
Will they also not rent a room to Jeff Gannon?
March 30th, 2007 at 11:32 pmtrueblue > Karl Rove and the GOP are hiring the dregs from Jerry Fallwell Baptist colleges now for TP. umbra is the most pathetic.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:32 pmZep > Sanchez was one of the hotel chain's best escorts > lol.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:35 pmIt's Friday night and all the little black hearted, rejected, date less little 18 year old troll's are hanging out here...No suprise here, but BORING.....Blessings to every one else.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:35 pmJay,
I just feel badly that there are young people that are taught this hatred.
Guess I'm too naive. I still want to see the good in us all.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:36 pmKarl Rove just crossed Affordable Suites off his list.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:36 pmBlessings, Sharon.
I hope you are well tonight.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:37 pmNo, they are cheap! They will go and check into the Affordable Suites. I bet umbra will greet them at the door, and probable carry their bags.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:40 pmtrueblue > the young GOPer trolls on TP are naive guys who are nerds. They are raised by ugly dumb Republican parents and have never learned right from wrong.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:43 pmThank's True, I'm doing great, just tired.Hope you are doing well also..Blessings
March 30th, 2007 at 11:44 pmtypical, no debate, just want a dick up their ass.. sorry no debat left your stupid. bye bithes… oh trueble, vaseline will probally work based on your posts at the homo site, and jay … you have aids.. sorry, tests came back, see dr almands tomorrow
Comment by Umbra
Funny that 40% of Christian men (promise keepers poll) are addicted to porno where people get things up their ass. I would also wager that the pornography that can be purchased thru the TV would have given large amounts to the Republican party. (Adelphia type companies) Lets also not forget Delay and the Mariannas prostitutes Umbra. Lets not forget about the log cabin Republicans.
BTW Umbra I'm not gay. Heh.
Hey Umbra do you remember when B. Sr, had gay male escorts crusing the halls of the Whitehouse at night?
Karl Rove and the GOP are hiring the dregs from Jerry Fallwell Baptist colleges now for TP. umbra is the most pathetic. -Jay
Umbra will be heartbroken to know that Clinton is Baptist.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:44 pmHave Affordable Suites installed a Gaydar in the reception area?
Let's say Will (from Will & Grace) turned up with an equally 'non-gay looking' man. Would they get a room?
But what happens if he turned up with Jack?
Would the Gaydar go off or not?
Even if they said they were just good friends?
Would the Gaydar sound for Grace (fag-hag)?
March 30th, 2007 at 11:45 pmHow about Ellen DeGeneres?
Remember SEIXON the Norwegian: an older nerd GOPer who is 25 and still not been laid > lol.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:47 pmGeez, I guess that means they don't rent to Republicans, Evangelical ministers, or Jake.
March 31st, 2007 at 1:02 amNot much going on at Seixon's blogsite
March 31st, 2007 at 1:10 amRemember SEIXON the Norwegian: an older nerd GOPer who is 25 and still not been laid > lol.
Comment by Jay Randal
Oh,he's been laid. (not that there is anything wrong with that)
Not much going on at Seixon’s blogsite
Comment by Royston Vasey
Yea it is; it's a *cricket* sanctuary.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:05 am#86 Off topic, but.....My pick for the Cricket World Cup (currently on in the Caribbean) New Zealand, beat the West Indies.
WI 177 (all out, 44.4 overs)
NZ 179 (3 wickets, 39.2 overs)
New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris featured with both bat and ball on Friday in a comfortable seven-wicket win for the Kiwis in their World Cup Super Eights match against West Indies.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:36 amRV
...Kiwis in their World Cup...
Comment by Royston Vasey
Word has it that those Kiwis are some tough,tough bastards.
March 31st, 2007 at 3:17 am#38 rms,
Could you have possibly ordered anything more gay? C'mon!
Next time, eat MEXICAN FOOD when in San Antonio, smart guy.
March 31st, 2007 at 3:22 amdude.. look where they are based..Virginia... conservative backwards as3 place..they are so stuffy they make you wear a suit and tie to take the bar exam...
March 31st, 2007 at 4:04 amGays should not be any different than the rest of us... Any business owner can refuse service to anyone. Business owners have that right because it is private property, not public property. I don't agree with it, but let the free market close them down if their customers don't like it. I would not make the same decision, but businesses need to be able to make that call...
March 31st, 2007 at 8:45 amMore hotel boycotting from the violent Christian hypocrisy:
http://www.newsday.com:/news/local/newyork/ny-nychoc0331,0,3017044.story?coll=ny-top-headlines&vote28689368=1
The Roger Smith Hotel's Lab Gallery had planned to display the 6-foot milk chocolate statue Monday evening through Easter Sunday, but stirred outrage from the Catholic League and other religious groups who denounced the exhibit as "hate speech" and a "direct in-your-face assault on Christians."
Semler said the hotel officials feared for the staff's safety and couldn't continue to support the show.
March 31st, 2007 at 9:11 amby the way i didn’t quote the bible, i dont really know it.
Comment by umbra — March 30, 2007 @ 10:16 pm
You should read it - for laughs. Because the percent of self-professed Christians who actually follow the stuff Jesus said, is so small to be outright luaghable... Not to mention all the stuff their so-called "all-knowing" god got wrong about basic nature and the universe... And there are witches, talking donkeys, dragons and crazy things like that. It's really wildly amusing stuff.
March 31st, 2007 at 9:16 amI would not make the same decision, but businesses need to be able to make that call…
Comment by Stubain — March 31, 2007 @ 8:45 am
And a reason why the Communist Manifesto exists...
March 31st, 2007 at 9:20 amThey disabled their email form. Must be getting hammered, GOOD. To the ignorant people that have said (1) its not illegal - well no it wasn't one illegal to own slaves now was it? (2) they have the right to make this choice, they sure do, they also have the right to be bocotted
March 31st, 2007 at 9:52 amDamn, they must reject neocons by the hundreds.
March 31st, 2007 at 10:27 amThey totally reject Gopers and Neocons, constantly, they even have to set up a special department just for rejecting them.
March 31st, 2007 at 11:30 amif i had a hotel, and someone wanted to checkin with a yew, ok you get the picture, what do you do? its illegal. state law trumps.
Comment by umbra — March 30, 2007 @ 9:52 pm
Check in with a yew? What the heck kind of sex can you have with a tree?
I hate trolls that can't spell.
March 31st, 2007 at 3:48 pmIt’s not ILLEGAL to refuse to rent to homosexuals, is it?
Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
This has become the new right-wing justification for everything.
March 31st, 2007 at 5:34 pmSemler said the hotel officials feared for the staff’s safety and couldn’t continue to support the show.
Comment by unbelievable
I saw this last night in the motel on Anderson Cooper. The artist and that crazy Bill Donohue were on. Donohue was doing his outraged Catholic thing, and was totally unhinged.
I remembered why I'm not missing television. :)
March 31st, 2007 at 5:36 pmOh my, I checked in with my son -- what must the frontdesk clerk have been thinking? :D
March 31st, 2007 at 5:39 pmI just saw that on Crooks and Liars too, sheesh. Crazy catholics.
March 31st, 2007 at 10:52 pmApparently it was ( gasp) the exposed genitalia on the chocolate Christ that really freaked them out.
And i have to quote some commenter over there that said Jesus was smooth, like a sacred Ken Doll... LOL!
SKdeA,
I'll bet $1 that Donohue is smooth around the bend....
April 1st, 2007 at 12:18 amPeople need to finally realize that being gay should be viewed the same as having blue eyes or dark skin.
It’s all genetic.
“If God didn’t make people gay, then there wouldn’t be any.â€
-Quote from a very cool button I saw…..
Comment by trueblue — March 30, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
Being gay isn't genetic, it is a choice to give in to temptation to sin. Just as some are tempted to steal, to rape, to kill and to molest children. Not all who are tempted give in to it. God didn't make anyone give in to the temptation to live that way.
More hotel boycotting from the violent Christian hypocrisy:
http://www.newsday.com:/ news/ local/ newyork/ ny-nychoc0331,0,3017044.story?coll=ny-top-headlines&vote28689368=1
The Roger Smith Hotel’s Lab Gallery had planned to display the 6-foot milk chocolate statue Monday evening through Easter Sunday, but stirred outrage from the Catholic League and other religious groups who denounced the exhibit as “hate speech†and a “direct in-your-face assault on Christians.â€
Semler said the hotel officials feared for the staff’s safety and couldn’t continue to support the show.
Comment by unbelievable — March 31, 2007 @ 9:11 am
You just absolutely cannot fathom how Christians could possibly be offended by a chocolate statue that depicted Jesus naked? It's just beyond your comprehension? There was no Christian violence, just outrage expressed verbally. Try the same thing with a DEPICTION of Mohammed and you'll see violence.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:42 amCC,
You and your god are sick f*cks.
April 1st, 2007 at 4:37 pmPeople need to finally realize that being gay should be viewed the same as having blue eyes or dark skin.
It’s all genetic.
“If God didn’t make people gay, then there wouldn’t be any.â€
-Quote from a very cool button I saw…..
Comment by trueblue — March 30, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
So I guess being a polygamist, thief, child ponographer is part of genetics. The homosexual community kills me. Just admit it, you chose to become a homosexual. Based on biblical scriptures, you'll pay the price during judgement day.
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:01 pm