[Angus]

Originally Posted by cub

If you run your home as a business, it's a business. It's their choice whether they live there or not - it makes no difference. You have to run your business within the guidelines of the law.

Do you think if they lived elsewhere they would then accept this gay couple? I think their atittude would be no different.

You can't descriminate against gay people any more than you could black people. It's as simple as that.

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.