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Source: www.time.com
The Beverly Hills council has joined Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres incondemning the government of Southeast Asian sultanate Brunei, which owns the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel and has passed new laws targeting gays and woman.
Brunei’s leader Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah introduced harsh anti-gay penalties last week that will eventually include death by stoning for homosexuality and adultery. The government owns the Beverly Hills hotel, which has seen the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Tom Cruise and Ozzy Osbourne and is a celebrated part of Los Angeles life.
The Beverly Hills City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night urging the government of Brunei to divest itself of the Beverly Hills Hotel and other properties in the area, the Los AngelesTimes reports.
The council was divided, however, on whether to boycott the hotel, the BBC reports, which employs 600 people, and pays about $7 million in bed taxes and $4 million in city taxes annually.
“They won’t stop the implementation of the new laws,” Christopher Cowdray, the hotel group’s chief executive said of the boycotts and protest but rather would “only hurt the [hotel’s] employees.” Cowdray added that Brunei had no plans to sell the hotels.
We cant please everyone. Meron at meron laging tutol pero go go go pa rin tayo. Aja!!!
ReplyDeleteGosh, very Stone Age thinker ang Muslim despot na itich! LOL
ReplyDeleteall of us has own beliefs,respect theirs
Deletesana wag mang-generalize ng religion...
DeleteThe King of Brunei won't care because he's a King.
ReplyDeleteTeka lang eh di ba hindi lang naman ang Brunei may ganon laws? Bakit hindi din nila boycott ang Saudi Arabia and UAE? Ah kasi nga pala kasama ang Saudi Arabia at UAE na nagbibigay ng pondo sa Hollywood at minsan doon din sila nagshu-shoot ng movies nila.
ReplyDeleteKerekt! Medyo easy target kasi ang Brunei kaya sila pinagiinitan.
DeleteYung sa Saudi atUAE girl matagal na nilang batas yun kaya mahirap nang baliin pa. itong sa Brunei kapapasa pa lang o kagagawa pa kaya nga sinusubukan nilang pigilan ganun lang yun.
Deletekung ayaw nilang alipustahin ang mga homo, eh di kunin nila lahat at ilagay sa Beverly hills! Let's see..di yung kuda lang ng kuda para mapag usapan!
DeleteBakit parang dumarami ata ang mga bansang naigiging anti-lgbtq ngayun?
ReplyDeletewell, an open-mind, an ear that listens, and a sensitive heart are indeed priceless attributes, so they cannot be possessed even by the most powerful and wealthy people of this planet.
I love that Hollywood is making a stand kuno pero I wish they'd apply it to all nations who're vehemently opposed to gay people. Why not Russia? Why not the Arab nations in the middle east? Why not the African nations? Why not the Philippines, specifically the CBCP? Sabagay hindi naman sila required to make a stand and we should be thankful na they're sending a message of support, pero yun kasi ang hahanashin ng naysayers eh--na bakit Brunei lang ang tinatarget nila.
ReplyDeleteteH CBCP? Eh ang Pope nga mismo nagsabi wag alipustahin at e judge ang mga bading! Tsaka bakit sa Christian, INC at ibang religion dito sa Pinas tnggap ang GAYS? LOL
DeleteWow, nagkasilbi din sa wakas si Jay Leno. Ang daming galit dyan like Letterman, O'Brien, at iba pang late night TV hosts. At least wala na sya sa Tonight Show.
ReplyDeleteNakakaloka ha! Eh yung prince ng Brunei ala RayGuch. Nag aral pa yun ng fashion at i think fashion designer na siya. So ano? Siya unang stone to death??
ReplyDeleteI worked in the biggest hotel in Brunei which is The Empire Hotel & Country Club owned by Brunei government for 4 years. Every Friday sultan Bolkia will do the horseback riding behind the hotel with only 2 guards and an ambulance following him. He always wear yellow shirt which is the color for the royals there. Two of our Bruneian male staff transferred to defense as soldiers for better salary. This is true, his name is Sumanto but the fact he is gay, he was accepted. He used to visit us at times, at palagi pa namin syang binibiro, oh natuto ka na bang maging tunay na lalaki.. sagot nya, sila ang natutong mag make up sakin. Gays are abundant in Brunei Kung isasabatas nila ito maraming mababato sa locals doon.
ReplyDeleteBolkiah: CARE KO?!? AM INSANELY RICH!!!!!
ReplyDeletetargeting gays and women?
ReplyDeletewhat????
anong problema nya sa mga babae?
dapat sa kanya batuhin ng human feces hanggang mamatay sa baho!
kapang-gigil tong baliw na to!
Meron ganyan batas sa mga Islamic states dahil ang pangit nang nakakahuli nang homosexual acts sa public! At hindi lang LGBT ang pinupuntirya dito, kasali na din ang hetero na mahuhuli sa public... Tayo ang dapat na maging open-minded, hindi sila. Karespe-respeto ang gobyerno nila kasi meron talaga Political will.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but it is difficult to change or contradict a centuries-old religion. That's tneir beliefs eh.
ReplyDeleteAt ininvyte pa talaga ng anak niyang prince sina diana ross at mariah carey dun minsan sa isa niyang birthday celebration. hahahah alam na ang anak mong prince sultan. isipin mo yang ipinapasa mong batas no!.
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