Senior_AP

Which happens to be HIS.....HHHHIIIISSSSSS BUSINESS which also happens to be HIS HOME.

So, its HIS POXY CHOICE!!!!!

Markus

Why exactly? because it's two women together and that society has deemed that this is acceptable, whereas two men together is not?

Not having a go, just curious to see why you'd say that.

The Guv'nor

But he didn't turn them away, he offered them seperate rooms.

I still think he was within his rights but he should've found a different reason like no double rooms left or something. Not you can't share a bed in my house you pair of bandits!!

T.G.

Senior_AP

It was a light hearted joke, a joke shared by 99% of blokes the world over.

If the bloke had turned two lesbians away I'd be saying exactly the same thing......may have wondered why though!! Grrr!! The sheer thought.

Senior_AP

Atleast he was being honest and giving the proverbial finger to "ooohh, can't say this, can't say that". "musn't do this, mustn't do that".

jasey

It depends on wether or not they "look" like women - if you know what I mean .

kob999

No it is not his choice. Operating a business from your home means that for purposes such as tax etc part of your home is declared as a business premises. If it were his home and he spent money doing up is bedrooms etc then he would not be entitled to consider this a legitimate business expenses.

I very much doubt his guest bedrooms are used by anyone other than paying guests. I doubt he claims it MY HOME when doing his accounts

You can't have it both ways.

Senior_AP

Ssshh!!! Tut Tut. Don't say thiat, you musn't.

You can't be seen to have an opinion or a personality....its the year 2004 you know.

Zzzzz Zzzzz Zzzzzz

Peanuts

iTrader: (15)

As i said in the first instance, and Harvey reiterated above,
he offered a twin instead of a double.
if it came to the ~ECHR he could argue he was discretely offering to correct an error in the booking by the two gentlemen.
(I think its obvious he acted on the grounds they are a gay couple)
wasnt there a thing actioned by the same gay rights group with four transexuals turfed out of the ladies loo?
setting someone up for a fall is much worse than the fact he offered them a room without a double bed IMHO.

drama queens?

Senior_AP

Your opinion, I respect that.

Chris L

OK - my final word on this as it is going to go on and on:

Consider:

A couple want to stay in a B&B - owner asks out of interest: 'What do you do?'
- We work in an abattoir
- Sorry, says the owner, I'm a vegatarian I don't agree with what you do, you can't have a room

or same question: 'What do you do?'
- We work for paper manufacturer
- Sorry, says the owner, I'm a member of the Green Party, I don't agree with cutting down trees to make paper, you can't have a room

or perhaps 'Are you married?'
- No
- Sorry, I'm taking the moral high ground here and I don't agree with couples having (or potentially having) sex outside of marrige you can't have a room

or perhaps 'Are you gay?'
- Yes
- Sorry, I'm taking the moral high ground here and I don't agree with same-sex couples having (or potentially having) sex, you can't have a room

How many of you with girlfriends, (not wives) would have been a) offended b) embarrased c) punched the blokes lights out d) created a real fuss if this had happened to you e) posted up a ranting thread on Scoobynet ( )

Chris

ProperCharlie

i didn't say it was right - i just pointed out that it exists and can be enforced by courts that have jurisdiction over this country.

if it was the case that it was

a) a set up and
b) they were offered twin beds

then i suggest the whole thing is a storm in a tea cup in any case. the missus i have been given twin bed rooms in the past because that was all that was available. why didn't he just say that?

imlach

Gotta love the SN prejudice brigade....

Can't wait to see some of you cope with gay offspring - after all, 10% apparently are gay, so 1 in 10 of you fathers are going to have some fast learning & acceptance to do

We're all human beings - we all come out of the womb roughly the same shape with the same rights.

Senior_AP

I'd be p!ssed off if he turned me away for sure for **whatever** reason.....but I would respect it as it is his home.

I may be a little more annoyed if it were a huge establishment as nobodies livelihood is being affected.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

What if they where two straight blokes and all he had left was a double. they where unable to get in anywhere else maybe because there was a big event on. would it be a problem if they then said we'll don't worry mate it's only one night we'll share the bed. Do you think the owner would have refused the booking then?

Senior_AP

One of those rights being the right to choose who you allow in to your home.

I am not a homophobe, I repeatr just to make this point clear. I'm defending the owner, not attacking the "couple".

Senior_AP

Discretion may have been advisable but atleast he had the ***** to speak his mind.

Peanuts

iTrader: (15)

Gotta love the SN PC brigade....

what do you fear in our take of events?
It is of my opinion that a man (or woman) has a right to decide who enters his home/place of work.

It is apparently the feeling of many people in the world, a straw poll (yeah, I know ) this morning that more were in favour of the owners retaining his rights than the gay couple.
therefore, in a totalitarien world, we are in the right

imlach

So by supporting the owner, you are supporting prejudice.

Senior_AP

I am supporting HIS rights. There may be other threads where I am supporting others rights.

His business, his house, his decision.

jasey

I defend the rights of all individuals - Home / business owners have rights just the same as poofs do !

imlach

So you are quite happy for prejudice to exist in your world then?

imlach

Of course they have rights, but rights based on unwarranted prejudice?

TelBoy

Agree it was his choice.

He just made a bad decision (assuming his rooms weren't visible to anybody else).

Definitely shouldn't be forced by law to accept them. Although i wonder what would have happened if it had been two black people, and he made it clear that he was turning them away due to that fact. I *bet* he'd be prosecuted then...

unclebuck

Or in this case - rights of rear entry in his home

UB

Senior_AP

As it his home he can have whatever prejudice he wishes against anything or anyone.

Some people stroke cats, some shooo them away.

imlach

You seem to make a distinction there between "black" and "gay".
It's almost as if you're implying that refusing "blacks" would be outrageous.

Both are prejudice - plain & simple.

The Guv'nor

Who's up for booking all his rooms under the SN Lesbian and Gay Delegation?!!
Ask if there's any chance of discount!!

T.G.

Senior_AP

Correct.

unclebuck

What about black gays?? You'd be in a right pickle with them on your doorstep.