I have been really, really taken aback by the fact that there are people out there who think that there was any justification whatsoever for this act of outright discrimination.
And as for the argument that the gay couple were discriminating against the B&B owners because of their religion, Rosa, well words fail me. Do you actually understand what "discriminate" means? It is to treat someone less favourably because of their membership of a particular ethnic group or because of their gender or disability or sexual orientation. The groups protected in law haven't just been plucked out of thin air. They are groups of people who have historically been subjected to persecution, ill-treatment or abuse by another, more powerful or larger group.
The whole thing about discrimination is that, by default, the people doing the discriminating do not share the characteristics or beliefs of the people being discriminated against. They believe something different, or they have a different skin colour or they are a different gender. That does not, in any way, shape or form, act as a justification for their actions and discrimination is not a two-way street.
If a white person decides not to employ black people, it is not racism for a black person who is refused a job, to object to the white person's beliefs. If a disabled person is refused access to a restaurant because they will be a nuisance with their wheelchair, it is not ablism for that person to complain about the restaurant. If you are discriminated against it then you have the right in law to seek restitution. Doing so does not equal discrimination against the racist/homophobic/sexist individual.
The B&B owners haven't been treated less favourably than everyone else - they have simply been told, in no uncertain terms, that their religion does not entitle them to opt out of this country's laws. It does not entitle them to more favourable treatment than any other B&B owner. If they don't want their beliefs challenged in any way, then they need to close their B&B and get on with their lives - they can believe anything they want, or hate anyone they want, as long as they don't seek to inflict those beliefs on anyone else. If they can't do that then they shouldn't be running a business of any sort.
And as for Nick Griffin, how such an unprincipled twat is permitted to have any say in the running of this country in any way, is entirely beyond me. Even if he didn't commit a criminal offence with that tweet, an elected representative has absolutely no business disclosing people's private information on the internet just because he doesn't like them.