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Lowaicue

Lowaicue

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This is not a new story but I would be interested to hear the board views. You should be aware that the Chymorvah Hotel is, in fact, more like a Bed & Breakfast establishment than a hotel. Could it happen in America? Who's rights are right?

Peter and Hazelmary Bull, of the Chymorvah Hotel, near Penzance, said as Christians they did not believe unmarried couples should share a room.

Martyn Hall and his civil partner Steven Preddy, from Bristol, said the incident in September 2008 was "direct discrimination" against them.

They were awarded £1,800 each in damages at Bristol County Court.

"When we booked the hotel we just wanted a relaxing weekend away, something that thousands of other couples do every weekend," the couple said in a statement.

"Because we wanted to bring our new dog we checked he would be welcome. It didn't even cross our minds that in 2008 in Britain we needed to ask if we would be."

Speaking outside court Mrs Bull said she was disappointed by the decision and she and her husband would discuss an appeal with their legal team.

I will deliberately refrain from posting my own thoughts for the moment.
 
Lowaicue said:
This is not a new story but I would be interested to hear the board views. You should be aware that the Chymorvah Hotel is, in fact, more like a Bed & Breakfast establishment than a hotel. Could it happen in America? Who's rights are right?

Peter and Hazelmary Bull, of the Chymorvah Hotel, near Penzance, said as Christians they did not believe unmarried couples should share a room.

Martyn Hall and his civil partner Steven Preddy, from Bristol, said the incident in September 2008 was "direct discrimination" against them.

They were awarded £1,800 each in damages at Bristol County Court.

"When we booked the hotel we just wanted a relaxing weekend away, something that thousands of other couples do every weekend," the couple said in a statement.

"Because we wanted to bring our new dog we checked he would be welcome. It didn't even cross our minds that in 2008 in Britain we needed to ask if we would be."

Speaking outside court Mrs Bull said she was disappointed by the decision and she and her husband would discuss an appeal with their legal team.

I will deliberately refrain from posting my own thoughts for the moment.
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The first thought that came to mind is that if I and my sister wanted to stay at the hotel, the Bulls wouldn't allow it because we're not married to each other. Ridiculous, no?

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when two of the same gender check in, and watch the Bulls try to determine if sexual activity will be taking place.
 
Their property, they have the right to make that decision. Just as a customer has a right to choose any number of other establishments that suit their own personal choices.
 
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Their property, they have the right to make that decision. Just as a customer has a right to choose any number of other establishments that suit their own personal choices.
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The problem, it seems, is that once one declares that one has a Bed and Breakfast operation it becomes a commercial enterprise and must comply with the law of the land.
There is also the suspicion that the two gentlemen sought out establishments that were either 'Christian', 'Traditional' or 'anti gay' as part of a concerted effort to publicise their cause.
Next question then would be, If, by welcoming a certain class of client I offended other clients and my business suffered or had to close what actions could I take within the law? Could a fundemental Christian close me down? or a fundemental Muslim or a person with intense body odour?
Would this happen in America?
 
Lowaicue said:
The problem, it seems, is that once one declares that one has a Bed and Breakfast operation it becomes a commercial enterprise and must comply with the law of the land.
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Are they being denied the use of the establishment? Or does the use of said establishment not fulfill their desires? Because it seems to me the couple was more than welcome to stay at the B&B so long as they had two different rooms.
 
<(O_O<)^_^<) said:
Are they being denied the use of the establishment? Or does the use of said establishment not fulfill their desires? Because it seems to me the couple was more than welcome to stay at the B&B so long as they had two different rooms.
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Yes. It would appear that it was the sharing of a bedroom by two unmarried people that was the issue.
My goodness, I can remember finding the creaky floorboards on the way to a girlfriend's room more than once! And at a seedy hotel just off London's West End a knock on the door at about 11pm demanding to know if I was on my own. I was, I was saving money on my expenses!
 
Lowaicue said:
Yes. It would appear that it was the sharing of a bedroom by two unmarried people that was the issue.
My goodness, I can remember finding the creaky floorboards on the way to a girlfriend's room more than once! And at a seedy hotel just off London's West End a knock on the door at about 11pm demanding to know if I was on my own. I was, I was saving money on my expenses!
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seems that the puritans are still with us

or the bible thumpers
 
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