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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Any business owner should have the right to refuse to offer their services to whomever they want to refuse - without all the pc brigade sh!t that inevitably follows. I realise this is prompted by the ECHR but it's only a matter of time.

If a straight couple don't want to accomodate gays, if gay owners don't want to accomodate hetros, if Mr & Mrs Traditional Whatever Business They Run don't want to accomodate x/y/z.... its their business...THEIR business, not Joe Publics.

This is not about ownership. It's simply about giving consumers equal opportunities. By your reasoning, a high street shop is well within their rights to refuse wheelchair access to their upper floor or a hotel can refuse a room to an Irish person. Attack laws against discrimination in the provision of goods and services all you like, but do you have a better suggestion?

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

It's time people stopped talking fecking huff, stop throwing court actions all over the place because they want to force others into doing something they don't want to do. If a business owner doesn't want to do business with any type of person (whether it be gender, race, sexual orientation etc) - they shouldn't be forced to. It might not make them business person of the year, but it's their business and they should be able to run it as they wish to - not because some arsehold joe public throws a strop because they cant get their own way or the ECHR wanting learning to get a grip.

I know. Isn't it incredibly selfish when people demand to be treated fairly? What front.