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It's against her convictions' to let them share a bed.

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anotheoldgit | 10:50 Mon 22nd Mar 2010 | News
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http://www.dailymail....er-let-share-bed.html

Was she within her rights, in refusing to take in this gay couple, even though to accept them would have been against her strong religious convictions?
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It's a short let in a private home, possibly with family....this should be an interesting case. Free publicity will certainly increase her bookings.
She won't be getting mine................
wonder if she feels the same about unmarried straight couples, that's against Christian beliefs too, also i might add that some male married men bugger their wife's,now that is against the law.unlike for gay men
What is it that's against her convictions? The idea that they'll sleep in the same bed together? Or the idea that they'll have sex?

My money is that it's on the latter, because it nearly always is. Which is quite frankly pathetic, seeing as she has no problem letting out double rooms to heterosexual couples. And to have the gall to just go out and shoo them away when they'd booked in advance and turned up is astounding.

Her 'convictions' are quite simply wrong and the law is not on her side - I've no sympathy.
People with strong convictions shouldn't go into bussiness....
Actually, there's nothing in the article which states that these offend her religious convictions...it just says "it was her policy not to let same sex couples share a room" and "she said it was against her convictions to let us stay"

If these indeed ARE religious convictions, then I would hope that she would also request proof that all couples are married to each other, and not committing adultery. If not, then you could argue that she's simply 'cherry-picking'.

Is she within her rights? Doubtful. She states that she's running a guest house and that it's her right who she accepts into her home...however, if you're operating a business from your home, and providing a service, then you are bound by certain commercial laws, and the 2006 Equality Act is one of them.
She'd have never allowed Morcambe and Wise in then!
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Good luck to her, it`s her house and if she doesn`t want a gay couple staying there then it`s her call

No gay couples in tv adverts yet, wonder why that is?
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Just because the law says it is perfectly acceptable, doesn't mean that an individual should be forced to make it acceptable to them.

After all don't we make special exceptions to the law for certain other religions?
ELVIS68

"No gay couples in tv adverts yet, wonder why that is?"

Ikea's already had a same sex couple in print and tv ads. Then there was the controversial Heinz Deli advert (pulled after 200 complaints over 'indecency'). There was a third one, but I can't remember the product. I think it was for a woman's body spray. She bumps into a chap on a street, they make eye contact, and then his boyfriend pulls him away and she realises that she's in Castro (or somewhere similar).

It's a generational thing. I remember a time when seeing an interracial couple on tv was a jaw-dropper, but now it's no big deal. In fact, wasn't there an episode of Star Trek which wasn't shown on telly for something like 30 years because Kirk kissed Uhuru?

Attitudes will change - they always do.
In my mind she was quite right. I would sooner go to prison than to allow that type of thing to go on under my roof. The law does not have the right to take away basic morality from good hard working people.
we do make exceptions in law for other religions, what about the Sikh religion not wearing crash helmets.
anotheoldgit

"Just because the law says it is perfectly acceptable, doesn't mean that an individual should be forced to make it acceptable to them."

Actually it does. This is an individual running a business. If this was purely her private home and her son were gay and wanted to bring his boyfriend home, she would be perfectly within her rights to say, "I'm not comfortable with you sleeping in the same bed under my roof".

It's the same as if her son were straight and she said, "You and your girlfriend are sleeping in separate beds, because I don't approve of pre-marital sex".

However, she's running a business, and all commercial enterprises, from BT to Esso to, in this case, a guest house, are bound by commercial laws to ensure that people aren't discrimated against.

Imagine going back to a 'No dogs, no Irish, no blacks' situation...not pleasant for anyone.
vulcan42

There's nothing to suggest that these are religious convictions.
Some people's views are very shocking....
vulcan42

I think there's a slight difference - the law regarding crash helmets was amended because Sikhs have to wear turbans. It's not optional.

However, being a Christian does NOT mean that you HAVE to disapprove of homosexuality.

...and to be honest, with the number of gay vicars we have, I would've thought it was mandatory.
Im with Elvis, her house, her choice
She accepted the booking, as a consumer you have rights.

I also presume she would have to be licensed? Which means she is liable to the law.

As Ummmm says, you must know when you set yourself up in this type of business that you will get all types of custom.

Would single beds have been ok? What if they had been brothers?

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