Mitt Romney told Regent University graduates this year that “Pornography and violence poison our music and movies.” But Phil Burress with Citizens for Community Values charges Romney’s actions do not match his words, because the presidential hopeful is a former board member of Marriott hotels; a chain decried for making millions of dollars on X-rated videos.
“The fact that Marriott hotel chain was dealing in the worst kind of hard core pornographic material and Mr. Romney was sitting on the board at the time is extremely disturbing.”
A spokesperson for Romney told CBN that “Romney’s role as a board member was in an advisory capacity on financial matters related to the company and, obviously, he did not have a role in the day-to-day operations.”
“How can you be on the board of Marriott Corporations that’s dealing in hard core, prosecutable material that possibly violates federal law and could be a felony to sell, and have no knowledge of it?
Daniel Weiss with Focus on the Family Action says families deserve some answers.
“If he made money off of pornography in the past, is he going to turn a blind eye to it if he’s the president? Because as the chief executive of the nation, it’s his responsibility to make sure our nations obscenity laws are efficiently and vigorously enforced.”
So far, Marriott has given close to $80,000 for Romney’s campaign.