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Author:  rustybucket [ Fri May 14, 2010 8:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8683949.stm

Good. I hope they win.

:x

Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri May 14, 2010 8:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

On this issue, I agree. If you run a B&B you have to recognise that it's a place of business that provides a service, and as such, laws that apply to businesses and serives apply to them.
There are a few issues (such as adoption) where I don't always agree with gay rights though.

Author:  finlay666 [ Fri May 14, 2010 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

l3v1ck wrote:
On this issue, I agree. If you run a B&B you have to recognise that it's a place of business that provides a service, and as such, laws that apply to businesses and serives apply to them.


Like the right to refuse service to anyone they wish on reasonable grounds?

I do hope the woman gets what she has coming though as I don't think they are reasonable grounds

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Fri May 14, 2010 10:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

The woman should have shut up about the reasons and said no.

She isnt a faceless multinational company with billions of £££ and I think in this case justice needs to be tempered with mercy. Ruin her and you up sticking another person on the dole.

Author:  Linux_User [ Sat May 15, 2010 1:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

I hope she gets taken to the cleaners. If you're not happy with people staying in your home then don't run a B&B.

Author:  rustybucket [ Sat May 15, 2010 12:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

My position is simply that I'm sick and tired of so-called Christians being more vile and prejudiced than the supposedly wicked society around them.

They would do well to observe the following:

Quote:
‘Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgement you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbour’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, “Let me take the speck out of your eye”, while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour’s eye....

... ‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?” Then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.”

Author:  TheFrenchun [ Sat May 15, 2010 2:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

I agree that the woman was wrong not serving them on the basis of their sexuality.

However the rule that you have to serve everyone that comes into your business is i think very very wrong.
I used to work nights in a fast food place, and due to high level of drunks and abusive people, was allowed to not serve people that presented a threat or were rude. We also closed the shop a couple times when people became too rude to control.
I think at the end of the day, it's the person's business, and if they don't want to serve customer they will close, end of it.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun May 16, 2010 1:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gay pair to sue over B&B refusal

TheFrenchun wrote:
I agree that the woman was wrong not serving them on the basis of their sexuality.

However the rule that you have to serve everyone that comes into your business is i think very very wrong.
I used to work nights in a fast food place, and due to high level of drunks and abusive people, was allowed to not serve people that presented a threat or were rude. We also closed the shop a couple times when people became too rude to control.
I think at the end of the day, it's the person's business, and if they don't want to serve customer they will close, end of it.

I think that you should serve everyone except for a few exceptions, being drunks and abusive would clearly not be acceptable by the majority of people. If you were rude to the hosts that would also be an acceptable excuse to be barred, it does not exclude gays or straights or any religion. Rudeness is an acceptable excuse to refuse to serve someone. Hospitals refuse to see people if they are drunk and abusive or rude.

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