Posted on 03/16/2006 7:06:01 AM PST by dukeman
Bed and Breakfasts Must Admit Homosexual Couples
LONDON – A new UK law prohibits restaurants from preventing homosexuals from public displays of affection under pain of prosecution. The same law mandates that bed and breakfasts and hotels give rooms to same-sex couples or face legal backlash.
The Department of Trade and Industry announced the new rules Monday, which also forces retail shops to grant wedding registry lists to same-sex couples. The law expands previous provisions against discrimination in the workplace to include guaranteed access to “goods, facilities and services” for homosexuals. The new rules place homosexual disposition on an equal footing with race and gender.
Trade Secretary Alan Johnson told the Times, “I want to make sure that no one gets refused a room at a hotel or a table in a restaurant because of their sexuality.”
“I want to make sure that no one gets refused a room at a hotel or a table in a restaurant because of their sexuality.”
Why do you care,Alan?
It IS behavior, not status. I do not want to be confronted by the nauseating spectacle of 'mos doing 'mo stuff anymore than I would want to see someone change their colostomy bag at the table of a bed and breakfast.
Interesting choice of words, considering the topic. :)
"Morals are private, decency is public." Rita Mae Brown
LOL! After I posted it, I thought some might take it that way. :)
So if you wanted to refuse black people would that be okay?
And not many people straight or gay go for overt sexual behavior anyway in public. Except Friday night at the local Kebab shop near me.
There are always some spotty teens eating each others face of, reminds me of Shaun of the dead
It's London more than anything else. I don't live there, I live in the English equivalent of Texas.
Regards, Ivan
But it sure seems odd that the tories aren't more aggressive in fighting off the gun control, the hunting, bans, the gay agenda, and the rest of the PC nonsense.
Don't get me wrong, I'll always love England, but Britain needs to pull a Canada, and soon.
What's the connection between race and voluntary sexual behavior?
(hint - NONE!)
This stuff is like a coiled spring, sooner or later it's going to let loose.
List?
Being black is not a type of behavior. There is no comparison.
Okay. How about a disability? How about the way someone wears their hair or talks?
In a free country, it would be legal.
Anyone remember what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah? Sheesh.
You can't discriminate.
Gross.That is plumb nasty!I gag when I happen to mistakenly turn on the tv and see that,let alone try and eat.Mistakenly means just that.
Absolutely.
How about someone brandishing weapons or making threatening gestures?
Brandishing weapons or making threatening gestures is different than just being gay.
THAT'LL boost restaurant business.
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