Guesthouse Couple Lose Supreme Court Battle.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514353/Christian-guesthouse-owners-lose-Supreme-Court-battle-ordered-pay-damages-turning-away-gay-couple.html

Just thought I would enter this on behalf of sp1814, because I think he may be a little shy considering that he has been criticising me for repeating the same stories even though mine were years apart.

[LazyGun]

Eh?

[jim360]

AOG is of course never one to bring up minutiae as a distraction from the actual question.

[mccfluff]

Yes, i am the winner!

[jomifl]

I don't which party is the more sad, the bigoted questhouse owners or the vindictive gays.
I have to say that as a non gay I have stayed in a guest house run by a gay couple. It was stereotypically amusing, They could have come out...of a cartoon strip.

[whiskeryron]

Sodomy & Buggery Rules. Is this to be rejoiced in ?

WR.

[Sqad]

Well, I must say that looking at that photograph of "Steven" and "Martin" I would never have guessed that they were gay

Just shows you how mistaken one can be.........

[jomifl]

Perhaps a bedding surcharge?

[jackthehat]

I have all 4 corners.......;o)

[LazyGun]

Still trying to figure out all the stuff AoG was talking about in his OP regarding SP and shyness and repeating stories and everything. Makes no sense to me.

As for the content of the link in the OP - If you run a business, you cannot discriminate on the basis of race or belief or gender. That's the way it is, and a jolly good thing too.

As for WRs post - talking about both sodomy and buggery seems odd - is there a difference between sodomy and buggery? If not, why mention both? For the same reason that the song New York New York was named? So good they named it twice?

Why should christians get their knickers in a twist over what type of sex consenting adults get up to in private? What business is it of theirs?

[jomifl]

sqad, strange isn't it that most gay couples look alike? I can think of an explanation but dare not say what it is as the ire of most of the lefto pinky liberal apologists would descend upon me yet again. It being a self evident truth that gays are beyond any form of criticism .....always.

[Sqad]

jomilfl........I couldn't agree more.......there certainly is an archetypal "gay."...........in my opinion.

[jomifl]

What have they been criticised for?

[naomi24]

I agree with both Jom and LazyGun. I don't know which party, the bigoted questhouse owners or the vindictive gays, is the more sad either – but I don’t see why the guest house owners feel entitled to impose their religious values on other people. If the gay couple were swinging from the chandelier and brought the ceiling down, the owners would have cause for complaint, but as it is, other people’s private lives are none of their business.

[andy-hughes]

Frankly, the arrogance of this couple in believing that having been advised they have broken the law once, and fined, they would find an alternative verdict in any other court, indicates their unwillingness to accept the law of the land because it does not suit them.

The notion that Christians like this honestly believe that their faith makes them above the law is what gives Chrisitans a bad name.

The law is there to be obeyed.

If yor faith prevents you running your business in a manner that complies with the law, then it is a strong hint that you are in the wrong business.

I would not wish to stay with this couple, not because they are Chritsian and I am not, but because they are close-minded bigots.

[dave50]

I would hope that if a muslim turned gays away from their business, they would feel the full force of the law just the same.

[sp1814]

naomi24

Hang on - it's the guest house owners who have taken this to the supreme court. The gay couple sued them, they defended themselves, lost and have continued to fritter away their money on legal fees in order to seek redress.

It's pretty straightforward - if you use your home as a business, you need to abide by the Equality Act 2010.

What they are saying is that they should be exempt because it's their home, which is like saying:

"Because we run a commercial catering business from our homes, we should be exempt from all health standards that are applicable to other food manufacturers"

[jomifl]

AH, I expect their beds are narrow and the rooms are cold too, looks like an unintended consequences situation to me.

[sp1814]

dave50

So far, I can only think of a couple of cases of Muslim homophobia involving the law.

£100 fine for the 'No gay zone' sticker poster (Mohammed Hasnath) and then there was that YouTube clip of the Muslims (I believe) hassling the gay lad, but that fizzled out because no witnesses came forward.

I believe the police and CPS would take this very seriously indeed.