A follow-up to Pam's post on Monday taking Oyster.com's blog to task for recommending a Donald Trump-owned Hotel for out of town LGBT couples looking to spend a same-sex honeymoon in the Big Apple.

Recall, during his flirtation with a Presidential run, Donald Trump expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage and, unsurprisingly not in a way that could be described as nuanced or sensitive.

Given Trump's overall history of misogyny, racism and homophobia, Pam was right to protest. The LGBT community can certainly find better places to spend their money than to give our gay dollars to that man.

I wrote Oysterblog and told them I thought they'd made a big mistake, and they'd do well to take that recommendation off of their list. Today, I received a very nice and thoughtful reply and apology from their customer relations person:

Hi Scott,

Thank you so much for writing to us regarding the Trump recommendation! We certainly apologize and we have fixed our list in order to reflect the change.

We hope that you visit us in the future for your next booking, and again we appreciate you taking the time to write to us and give us your feedback.

All my best,
Lisa

Sometimes it really is only necessary to draw people's attention to their mistakes. People are only human, after all. The Trump Hotel recommendation has, indeed, been removed from their list. 

Thank you, Oyster.com and Lisa, appreciate your prompt attention and response, which reflects very well on your company's values.

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