Posted on 05/28/2007 8:42:17 AM PDT by WesternCulture
A gay pub in the city of Melbourne has won the right to ban heterosexuals - the first time such legislation has been passed in Australia.
The Victorian state civil and administrative tribunal ruled the Peel Hotel could ban patrons based on their sexual orientation.
The pub's management said the move would stop groups of heterosexual men and women abusing gay people.
Civil liberties groups have supported the decision.
'SAFE BALANCE'
The tribunal's president said groups of straight women found homosexual men entertaining but that such attention was dehumanising, the BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney says.
Managers complained raucous hen nights and stag parties created a poisonous atmosphere for its gay clientele, our correspondent says.
"If I can limit the number of heterosexuals entering the Peel, then that helps me keep the safe balance," the hotel's manager, Tom McFeely, told Australian radio, according to the Reuters news agency.
He said while Melbourne had 2,000 venues catering for heterosexuals, his was the only bar aimed exclusively at gay men.
Civil liberties groups said homosexuals should be allowed to relax in places without fear of bullying or intimidation.
Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality.
You've missed the point.
Now this precedent has been set, the reverse can also apply...
...ban homosexuals from every other bar in the country where hetrosexuals want to drink unmolested, which is just about everywhere.
This club is Gaydar protected. Sashay at your own risk.
I don’t even want to think about what they might have to do at the door to prove their “gayness.”
Homosexuality is an act, not a state of being.
As it should be. No one should be forced to do business or associate with others against their will. The same rule should apply to a Christian shop owner who does not wish to do business with homosexuals or a restaurant owner who wants to allow/prohibit smoking in their restaurant.
And if I wanted to put "n" on my word, I would have.
Just because these fags choose to be gay, they think they can tell normal people what to do.
Its nothing more than a mental illness that can be overcome with faith in God.
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