Change.org Petition: Help me stop Marriott from hosting a hate group summit.

According to GLAAD, Moms for Liberty is an anti-LGBTQ group that spreads misinformation and hate. Now Marriott is hosting Moms for Liberty for their national conference. Karen is a mom of four LGBTQ kids, and she’s asking the hotel chain to say no to hate. Add your name to ask Marriott to cancel Moms for Liberty’s national conference. Help me stop Marriott from hosting a hate group summit. 1,186 have signed Karen and Defense of Democracy’s petition. Let’s get to 1,500!

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Dear Friends, My name is Karen S. I am the mother of four LGBTQIA+ children who struggle with all of the things that every other kid worries about - getting into a good college, studying for tests, learning to drive. Now, on top of everything, is the knowledge that there is an entire group of people who want to deny my children’s existence. Moms for Liberty and other Christian Nationalist groups have over-run school districts all over the country and yes, mine as well. I have watched books about kids like mine be banned. My children have attended classes where other children have expressed doubt that the holocaust was real, and I have heard parents in my district saying that our librarians and teachers can’t be trusted. I’ve seen individuals who suddenly feel "threatened" by the idea that their children might learn about civil rights, due to the hysteria about Critical Race Theory (CRT). These are non-issues that only hurt my children’s friends of color and of other religions and beliefs. Moms for Liberty has scheduled their national convention to take place at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown Hotel this summer. I’m asking that Marriott stand beside kids like mine, groups like GLAAD who have recently added Moms for Liberty to their Accountability Project and every other good and patriotic American to deny groups like Moms for Liberty the ability to host a hate-conference in their facility. Moms for Liberty is a hate group that is anti-diversity, anti-inclusion and anti-LGBTQIA+. They claim that all members of the LGBTQAI+ community are "groomers," an anti-Gay trope used for decades to malign and isolate the community. Moms for Liberty claims that teachers are pedophiles seeking to train our children for the sex trafficking industry. It is a false-conspiracy driven group seeking to destroy our public education system and to insert hatred and right-wing theocratic principals into our schools. Marriott has a clear corporate policy on diversity and inclusion and has been awarded a 100% score for the past nine years by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for policies and practices relating to LGBTQ equality and inclusion. It is a violation of Marriott’s corporate policy and an insult to their LGBTQ employees and all Americans for them to allow Moms for Liberty to use their property. Please sign this petition to show LGBTQIA+ kids; kids who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC); kids of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) descent; Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist kids; and kids of every religion, that you stand beside them, and that our parents and our residents know what is best for kids and what should be in our curriculum, not outsiders full of hatred and enmity toward anyone who is not just like them. It’s time to demand that Marriott refuse to allow Moms for Liberty to hold their national convention or any other event at a Marriott property. This petition is supported by the: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC EDUCATION COALITION formerly known as the New Jersey Coalition for Protection of Public Education (www.facebook.com/groups/njc4ppe DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY

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