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[cleggy]

I really don't see what the problem is!
If I ran a B&B surely it is up to me who I let a room to.
Why is all this suddenly an issue?
It is my house and if if I don't want queers or anybody else I don't like in my property why should I have to? 

[alunonhisown]

I really don't see what the problem is!
If I ran a B&B surely it is up to me who I let a room to.
Why is all this suddenly an issue?
It is my house and if if I don't want queers or anybody else I don't like in my property why should I have to? 

Cos the LAW says you cannot refuse on certain grounds and and sexual orientation is one of them.
It's the law you know.

[albitz]

The thought police arrest you on hate crime charges, and the courts hammer you harder than they might do a hardened criminal. Mustnt think differently to what your told you can think. Stalin would be proud. Even Peter Tatchell is starting to speak out against whats happening.

http://www.petertatchell.net/

[Nickbat]

The stupidity of all this is the notion that you can legislate away the personally-held views of citizens.

You can't.

[albitz]

..........But dictators and zealots never seem to realise this,they have a habit of seeing freedom of thought/conscience/ faith as a barrier to their kind of "progress" and it is invariably their undoing in the end.

[ChevetteNick]

The stupidity of all this is the notion that you can legislate away the personally-held views of citizens.

Didn't Adolf try this a while back :question

[unlucky alf]

I really don't see what the problem is!
If I ran a B&B surely it is up to me who I let a room to.
Why is all this suddenly an issue?
It is my house and if if I don't want queers or anybody else I don't like in my property why should I have to? 

Cos the LAW says you cannot refuse on certain grounds and and sexual orientation is one of them.
It's the law you know.

It is the law when it comes to hotels but B&B`s are a different thing, as its the owners personal residents they are allowed to pick & choose who they have as a guest in their own home.

[ChevetteNick]

It is the law when it comes to hotels but B&B`s are a different thing, as its the owners personal residents they are allowed to pick & choose who they have as a guest in their own home.

Really? As the B+B's offer a service they have to put up Adam and Steve

[Debs.]

If one were as concerned and discerning as to the preferences, nature and inclinations of whom slept in one`s home; then why open your doors to visiting-strangers. :-/

I wouldn`t particularly enjoy having a group of middle-eastern, misogynystic, Islamic-men under my roof; but, then again, I`m not advertising a bedroom for hire!

I can imagine however, that if I were and I turned-away 'same' group of male visitors on grounds of "religious/sexual/race-preference": I`d (doubtless) be subject to severe consequences under race laws.

[Nickbat]

Hmm. Let's have a little think about this.

Let's say you own a B&B.

1) A middle-aged business man turns up with a sixteen year-old girl in school uniform and asks for a double bed for the night. Do you allow the pair to stay?

2) A man turns up with a girl who is scantily-clad and holding a whip. He wants a room but says he will only be needing a room for an hour or so, but will pay for the overnight stay. Do you let them stay?


All a question of one's own view of morality, I guess. :-/

[Lizzie_Zoom]

The main point is a bed & breakfast establishment is a commercial concern offering a service to ALL who pass their doors.

The law stipulates that in a business such as this, or in any of the service industries, such as retailing, you cannot and must not discriminate.  You MUST offer and provide your service to all, unless there is some point of law as to why you cannot serve an individual i.e. in a pub not serving an individual with alcohol if they are already intoxicated.

Homosexuals is the problem this time round.  It is a slippery slope to what I witnessed in my childhood; notices in windows stating:

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         No Irish
         No Dogs
         No Blacks
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[cleggy]

I suppose it's quite simply really, if you don't want someone under your roof then " Sorry Fully booked" should suffice

[redelitev6]

 :-? so how come Sandals holiday resort can legally advertise for mixed couples only?

[Tony H]

:-? so how come Sandals holiday resort can legally advertise for mixed couples only?

Good point

[STMO999]

If I ran a B&B (God forbid), I would find an excuse for barring anyone I didn't like the look of. But, unfortunately, I would probably have an empty guest house for most of the time.