Gay couple turned away from B & B

[shandyleer]

Apparently the lady proprietor, on seeing two men arrive, hummed and hedged and muttered about their only being one bed in the room etc, before actually coming out (Ooh, no pun intended) and turning them away. Saw a brief clip of the b & b owners being interviewed and the man said something to the effect of "we have our children in the house to think of".

I won't be rushing to book a stay at their place ...

twats

that is appalling

Yep, it's for the best in case their children catch it or something.
Nice.

I'm interested to see what happens, as they have acted illegally.

That is absolutely appalling - and I'm hoping against hope that he is not making the link between homosexuality and paedophilia that so many bigots people do .

Arseholes.

Gay40, that's interesting - even though it's a private businees? What is the burden of proof?

business

link here

yes, homosexulaity is catching and if the children see two men or two women in a loving committed relationship, or just a weekend shagfest, tehy might catch gay !! FGS

what is wrong with people

i feel sorry for their children, for htey might catch discrimination, parochial thinking and stupidity

This is disgusting - I so want to send a message to them on their website. Small minded idiots!!

hmm yes i thought businesses were within their rights to refuse to serve any customer they so choose.

but then again it IS discrimination. hmmm

if it is is a civil thing the burden of proof is lower than in criminal law

If she offers a service - which she does, as a business - then it is illegal according to the Goods and Services Act (2007?) to discriminate.
You don't need burden of proof. They have said openly they won't have two men sharing a bed, and therefore, they have broken the law.

Thanks. Have just read the article - interesting to see they're hiding their bigotry behind their faith .

Hope these guys do choose to take it further as they should not be allowed to get away with it.

The police may take it further.

Sorry Gay40, cross posted. Thanks for that - as I said, I hope they go ahead with the case.

The police aren't going to take it further apparently, as they say it's civil not criminal.

We have had a few lesbian couples stay, they don't have two head sn are not out to steal my DC's and corrupt them. I do know that on some promotional websites you can tick whether you are gay friendly. My sister also does B&B and she had a standoff between a lesbian couple and another couple.

It may be unlawful to discriminate against same sex couples, but where does a person's right to practise their deeply held religious beliefs come in this?

ah i didn't know that. you learn something new every day

Practise them in private and don't let them interfere with your business, or don't run a business that conflicts with them.

I think the police say its up to the men if they want to take if any further. I so hope they do.

Not the first such case - there was this one not long ago. (the source of the story is just the first one google turned up)

But on the other hand there are plenty of B&B's who discrimnate against people who have children and dogs as they don't accept either.

You can practice as many deeply held religious beliefs as you like, but you can't break the law.
The law overrides religious belief.