Dress it up however you like...it was just prejudice.

You said 'I don't think a B&B should be classified as if it were a hotel - it is after all a person's OWN home from which they let out rooms so surely they are entitled to decide who they have under their roof as their paying guests?'

So under that...people would be able to turn away guests for ANY reason. So my point still stands D:

1.5% at best

His other point was so unbelievably stupid, though.
I'd say about 15%. That silly survey is way too inaccurate.

your sample size is dwarfed by theirs i am afraid

you lose

there's no way it could be that high.

he is trying to improve his chances in 2011 after a nil point 2010

lol

Well this forum does have a disproportionate number of gay people on

Cant be as low as 1.5%...practically half the people I know are gay/bi D:

No, it is NOT as "simple as that" and if you don't see the difference between a strongly held religious belief and pure, out and out prejudice, then that isn't my problem.

Incidentally, I abhor all forms of discrimination, but commonsense and understanding should be applied when it comes to a case like this - after all the B&B owners could now appeal on the grounds that they are being persecuted and discriminated against for their religious beliefs.

I am attracted to men, can you give me step-by-step instructions on how not to be, please?

So you are in favour of religious discrimination being subordinate to other forms of discrimination? Isn't that discrimination per se?
Clearly you believe the B&B Owners have to respect this gay couple, yet they have shown absolutely no reciprocating respect for the B&B Owners' religious beliefs?

That was according to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11398629

The data was collected on peoples doorsteps or over the phone though, and as people are asked more regularly they're more likely to be truthful and say they're gay apparently so it probably is more than that. I'd say 3 or 4%

The 2 Gay blokes
Set this all up.



It was no accident they picked that crap hotel
with the nutty Bible Freaks

What the hell are you on about?

I hardly think tis classed as discrimination to expect a couple who run a business do NOT discriminate against people.

Maybe if they cant take people of different walks of life being around them, they should open a little church store or something.


And this bit is just ridiculous

'yet they have shown absolutely no reciprocating respect for the B&B Owners' religious beliefs?'

What should they do? Just...stop being gay? Just to please a couple of bigots? I dont think so.

No they can Close


As they are Bible Freaks


This is 2010


The Judge has the power

That mean little when talking about % of population. sample size of 1 is no sample.

Most people in the UK do not know or are friends with any gay person. fact

I'm not entirely sure [and I should be...I do Business Studies], but I believe there are discrimination acts which prevent businesses from not employing staff/refusing to serve customers on the basis of their race, gender or sexual orientation, amongst other things. In which case they are indeed breaking the law. There's no 'oh it's their home they can do what they want' about it. It's a business. They have to adhere to rules.

N


How about just going elsewhere? After all why would you want to stay somewhere you were clearly not welcome? Again, I reiterate this is their OWN home, and you will find there is a lot of controversy over this issue, and they may very well win their case on appeal. You refer to the B&B owners as "bigots" instead of committed Christians trying to follow their deeply held religious beliefs. I am being the devil's advocate in this thread, pointing out that the B&B owners have every right to appeal against the decision on the grounds that they are being religiously discriminated against.

The Human Rights legislation in this country is inequitable, since someone's human rights are ALWAYS going to be infringed because another's is favoured.

Yeah but the question was whether the policy targetted gay people specifically or all married couples as was the official line. The judge ruled that seeing as they still didnt allow those who are gay and in a civil partnership that the policy did discriminate on the basis of sexuality.

I think if it was a gay couple who were not in a civil partnership then they would not have been prosecuted

Religion is often used as an excuse for discrimination.

Yes, they COULD have gone elsewhere, but why should they have to?

Even though it is their own home, it is still classed as a business. I could open a shop in my living room and refuse to serve certain people citing my 'religion' as the reason...but it would still be breaking the law :)

Yup exactly.

The 'rules' were against non married couples. This couple was married yet still refused.

Good for them. They deserve to win. I hope that intolerant cow who turned them away in the first place was sacked aswell. :bored:

She cant sack herself :p

No its there Home/Hotel.

They should Close

Or more Set Up
Gay blokes will go there to piss them off

"What should they do? Just...stop being gay? Just to please a couple of bigots? I dont think so. "


Yes Vicky Correct
There Bible tells them Gays are Evil.


They will have to Close
or sell up.

Sign Of The Times.