Ellen DeGeneres Calls For Boycott Of Sultan’s Hotels For Anti-Gay Law

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By John Vibes / Truth Theory

Correction: Recently new information came to our attention on the 6th of May 2019 stating  Brunei backs down on gay sex death penalty after international backlash.
This is great news and we are sure the pressure that Ellen DeGreneres added with her vocal opposition to this move, helped a great deal. 

This week, media personality Ellen DeGeneres urged her fans to boycott a list of hotels that are owned by the Sultan of Brunei. Her comments were in response to a new law passed in the country which would impose a penalty of death by stoning for their sexual preference.

“Tomorrow, the country of #Brunei will start stoning gay people to death. We need to do something now. Please boycott these hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei. Raise your voices now. Spread the word. Rise up,” DeGeneres Tweeted.

This week, Brunei announced the implementation of new laws that specifically forbids sexual relationships between two men. These types of punishments are sadly typical of this country, as adultery also carries a penalty of death by stoning, and theft carries a penalty of amputation.

The country is ruled by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who owns nine hotels in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.

Actor George Clooney also called for a boycott of the hotels, writing in a recent Op-Ed For Deadline Hollywood that, “They’re nice hotels. The people who work there are kind and helpful and have no part in the ownership of these properties. But let’s be clear, every single time we stay at or take meetings at or dine at any of these nine hotels we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery.”

“Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens? I’ve learned over years of dealing with murderous regimes that you can’t shame them. But you can shame the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them and choose to look the other way,” he added.

A boycott is a great strategy for a situation like this, and it is refreshing to see celebrities advocating for a targetted boycott instead of a military campaign or sanctions, both of which hurt innocent civilians far more than they hurt the brutal regimes that they seek to weaken.

Besides, there are plenty of Airbnb hosts who are living paycheck to paycheck that are far more deserving of our business than a theocratic dictator. Oddly enough, these hotels are extremely expensive and luxurious, and not the type of places that an average person would stay, so it will be easy for most of us to participate in this boycott.

Unfortunately, boycotting his hotels will not put a dent in his fortune. It is estimated that he is one of the wealthiest people on earth, as his small country is rich in oil and he controls a majority of its property and assets.

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