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‘Evil Flourishes When Good People Do Nothing’: Famed Comedian Joins Protest...
The Blaze ^ | May 7, 2014 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 05/07/2014 3:49:23 AM PDT by I still care

The Beverly Hills Hotel has a rich Hollywood history, but that hasn’t stopped comedians Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres, among others, from protesting and speaking out against its owners.

Leno joined protesters across the street from the hotel Monday to decry the fact that the hotel is owned by the oil-rich government of Brunei.

The Southeast Asian nation has been in the headlines of late over the phasing in of new Islamic laws that will enact harsh punishments for homosexuality, abortions and adultery.

Other celebrities like Sharon Osbourne and Richard Branson have also taken to social media to speak out against Brunei’s harsh criminal laws. On April 22, DeGeneres tweeted, “I won’t be visiting the Hotel Bel-Air or the Beverly Hills Hotel until this is resolved” (Brunei also owns Hotel Bel-Air).

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: sharia
This made me feel good, to realize that folks in Hollywood have at least a spark of correct morality at least once in a while. Granted, half of them are probably upset about the laws relating to homosexuality and abortion, but still, they are there and active in the right place.

Jay Leno's comments in particular, mentioning that the idiocy surrounding the Clippers last week pales in relationship to the stoning of women in adultery shows there is still some sanity.

1 posted on 05/07/2014 3:49:23 AM PDT by I still care
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I hear Premier League fans whine when new Asian owners change team colors; what did people think would happen when the West was auctioned off to the highest bidder? Good to see it get some visibility...


2 posted on 05/07/2014 3:55:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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Nice to see the liberals “train their guns” outward for a change.


3 posted on 05/07/2014 4:10:33 AM PDT by Tallguy
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Where were these good people when gay sharia was being cracked down on Eich a month ago ? Any signs about Islamists capturing 300 Nigerian Christian girls? It must be safe to criticize Brunei.


4 posted on 05/07/2014 4:21:53 AM PDT by gusopol3
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I just don’t think we should let foreigners own American real estate


5 posted on 05/07/2014 4:25:20 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Not sure if you’ve been under a rock for the last 10+ years, but the Saudis and the Chinese are buying up US land quicker than God made it.


6 posted on 05/07/2014 4:47:35 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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Doesn’t the Sultan of Brunei fly in American movie stars and performers for his “entertainment?”


7 posted on 05/07/2014 4:48:22 AM PDT by Oratam
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I know


8 posted on 05/07/2014 4:56:00 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Why not? You get their money PLUS you can take away their property anytime you like. It’s not like they can remove it from the US.


9 posted on 05/07/2014 4:56:05 AM PDT by Moltke (Sapere aude!)
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Gee, when conservatives point out the evils of Sharia law, they are called racist and Islamaphobic. The Hollywood elite are only outraged because of Islamic attitudes toward gays.


10 posted on 05/07/2014 5:05:33 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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BFD. They’re protesting sharia’s muslim laws that will punish homosexuality, abortions and adultery. How about the brutal suppression of Christians and Jews who have the misfortune of living in muslim hellholes?


11 posted on 05/07/2014 5:05:47 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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well you have a point


12 posted on 05/07/2014 5:05:56 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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The Hollywood elite are only outraged because of Islamic attitudes toward gays.

That is only because the Islamic attitude towards homosexuals [I don't use the g word]includes them.

13 posted on 05/07/2014 5:08:22 AM PDT by sport
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"Evil flourishes when good people do nothing"

Better call these guys then ...


14 posted on 05/07/2014 5:13:41 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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Good luck,you should seek out the stories about the Chinese buying up swaths of Real Estate in this country and building Chinese cities,there was one recently ,thousands of acres in Dutchess county New York,they will be building manufacturing,housing,educational buildings and teaching CHINESE CULTURE.
Down south a town in Alabama has give land for free for the Chinese to build a plant for jobs.
It’s all going on under the radar,it’s what happens when you are bankrupt


15 posted on 05/07/2014 5:33:08 AM PDT by ballplayer
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Islam is evil

AND

homosexuality is an abomination to God...


16 posted on 05/07/2014 5:34:01 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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This is one area the Muslims are right about,when they say the west is decadent can you disagree,sounds like issues conservatives have been complaining about,homos and the rest


17 posted on 05/07/2014 5:35:28 AM PDT by ballplayer
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Why haven’t they complained about Muslim treatment of women?


18 posted on 05/07/2014 6:22:41 AM PDT by Freeping Since 2001
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It’s a start.

But their butt buddies in Iran and the Palestinian Territories believe EXACTLY the same thing.


19 posted on 05/07/2014 6:55:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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