Banning Hotel Porn

It seems that a coalition of conservative groups are out to get the government involved in regulating what entertainment can be offered in your hotel room. About thirteen of these groups -- which also includes the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America -- took out full-page ads in some editions of USA Today earlier this month urging the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate whether some of the pay-per-view movies widely available in hotels violate federal and state obscenity laws.

They even went onto suggest that offering hotel porn would "increase" sexual abuse cases, equating lodgings to be like strip joints or porn stores.

First, honestly, getting the FBI and Justice Department speaks volumes of hypocrisy. Conservatives are supposed to advocate less government intervention not more.

Second, you can ask the hotel front desk to turn off adult movies. It is quite simple, and it is very easy. Use your personal responsibility (aka "your mouth"), go to the front desk, and politely ask that the hotel turn off the adult movie titles. Or when you enter your hotel room, switch on the in-room entertainment system, and turn off the adult movie option.

I find it ridiculous to believe that a hotel offering no adult movies is somehow more safer and family-oriented. That would only happen if the rest of the TV channels are censored, no profanity, and you can enjoy any sexual entertainment with your wife, lover, mistress, gf, or bf.

Somehow I think they are just looking for another industry to emplace their "values" without offering everyone else the ability to make a decision for themselves.

Citizens for Community Values -> Censors for Their Values, not Yours

CNN - Conservatives ask FBI to investigate hotel porn