Gay couple sue Christians for barring them from hotel bed

[FreeState]

One more reason Civil Unions sell gay couples short (even in the UK)

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163810/Gay-couple-sue-Christians-barring-hotel-bed.html

Gay couple sue Christians for barring them from hotel bed
By JONATHAN PETRE and SIMON TRUMP

The Christian owners of a seaside hotel may be prosecuted after refusing to allow a gay couple to stay in a double room.

Peter and Hazelmary Bull are facing an unprecedented court case under controversial new equality laws.

Martyn Hall, who lives with his civil partner Steven Preddy, has lodged a county court claim for up to £5,000 in damages alleging 'direct discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation'.

But the Bulls deny the charge, saying they have a long-standing policy of banning all unmarried couples, both heterosexual and gay, from sharing a bed at the Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion near Penzance in Cornwall.

Mrs Bull, a 62-year-old great-grandmother, said that even her brother and his female partner had to stay in separate rooms when they visited the hotel.

[msongs]

1. does this ban include little kids when their parents bring them? nt

[chollybocker]

2. "they have a long-standing policy of banning all unmarried couples"

Do the Bulls ask M/F couples/guests to produce original marriage licenses before checking in? Sure.

[Toucano]

3. Two men or two women who aren't a couple can sleep in the same bed?

What a strange and unenforceable policy.

What if two dudes show up short of cash and want to share one room? They can't share a DOUBLE bed? Or is it a MARRIED PEOPLE bed?

[RetiredTrotskyite]

4. Poor Fundies--NOT!

I'm glad to see these people being sued. Sure, you have a right to your own beliefs but you do NOT have a right to discriminate. I am sick and tired of bigots being allowed to discriminate against others on the grounds of religious belief.