Gay couple in B&B

[AKMild]

I see that the gay couple who were refused a double room in a B&B have won their case and been awarded £1800 damages. I'm not sure of the background facts, so can't really comment, but the hoteliers were found to have acted unlawfully. Does anyone know which law they actually broke and what the damaged were in respect of?

[jackthehat]

He'll be back here fairly soon, I think.............probably as soon as he's read his way through Sp1814's thread and ignored the invitations to respond.........

[gingejbee]

The thing that irks these two- and others- is that THEY are the ones whose views are in the MINORITY.

[youngmafbog]

And I wonder what the outcome would have been if they were muslim hoteliers who hold similar beliefs?

[eyethenkyew]

Oh why oh why did they ever abolish the Gross Indecency Act not so long ago? Probably to allow this kind of depravity to flourish?

Talk about an Englishman's home being his castle? No, not in this country - any more. The tail wagging the dog - yet again.

And as for their mouthpiece, Stonewall, to allegedly target this elderly couple as some form of "sting" is vindictive in the extreme. And then, just to rub salt into the wounds, the Judge also awards those two characters financial compensation - no wonder my cornflakes went flying when I heard about that bit.

Can you just imagine the state of the sheets? Gordon Bennett(+ his boyfriend)! And that old couple would be expected to change them? Jesus H...................it just doesn't bear thinking about.

Just shows you, it's alright to destroy a person's livelihood and to totally ruin their lives as long as it's in the name of hurt feelings, eh? Pathetic. The world's gone mad.

[Davethedog]

ETY your on a wind up par excellence. I'm not biting any more. Fair do's

[eyethenkyew]

And I used to think that Pinky + Perky were only cartoon characters?

[joggerjayne]

Only if they do it properly !!!!

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[joggerjayne]

I mean "we" ... rather than "they" ... obviously.

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[joggerjayne]

... or whatever ... I'm not so fussy.

[joggerjayne]

** gets back on with some work **

[joggerjayne]

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[joggerjayne]

I work very, very hard, red.


Ooh, I think the coffee might be ready.

[anotheoldgit]

jack-the-hat.

/// You don't strike me as the sort of chap who keeps himself up to date with the progress being made out in the wider world............ ///

You call the the demise of one's civil liberties 'progress' then, well I certainly don't.

If that is keeping oneself 'up to date', then bring back the good old days, we didn't have much but at least we had our freedom.

[pa___ul3]

I suppose it's a good sign that we're shocked when we hear about people with such a ridiculously intolerant attitude, and then use religion to try and justify it. If it's against so called 'unnatural' shennanigans, that's a bit presumtuous really because these chaps might not have been up for it that night so they wouldn't have to worry about potentially dirty sheets (does that happen? I dunno), although Mr & Mrs Carrington-Smythe next door could have been a reet kinky pair so you can't rule that out! It genuinely still baffles me how some people see homosexuality as such a filthy and sordid thing!

[ChuckFickens]

"You call the the demise of one's civil liberties 'progress' then, well I certainly don't."

What about the civil liberties of the people who booked a B&B and got turned away?

[joggerjayne]

Aww, come on, AOG ...

All they wanted was somewhere to have a shag and get some breakfast.

This grumpy old couple, with their quaint belief in Tooth Fairies, Santa Claus, supernatural Divine Creator's and so on, were a bit mean to them.

[jackthehat]

<<You call the the demise of one's civil liberties 'progress' then, well I certainly don't

If that is keeping oneself 'up to date', then bring back the good old days, we didn't have much but at least we had our freedom. >>

And how have your civil liberties been eroded (with regard solely to this issue), AOG ?