Is Discrimination a right?

[hyperD]

So when do I get to marry a second wife? Or a third?

When you have more money than their lawyers.

[SueEllen]

Yes - the B&B was set up. Some gay activists are just about defending gays against discrimination. Some are driven by an intolerance that's every bit as vitriolic and hate driven as Fred Phelps.

If you are clever in your bigotry and prejudice then you can get away with it without the law troubling you.

In this case the B&B owners were too stupid to ask the customers where they "married" when they took the booking.

Likewise if you want a certain gender to apply for your job advert then you use the correct descriptive words on the advert to deter people who you don't want to apply.

Though in the case of the hairdresser aiming an advert at young girls when some males are better hairdressers and lots of women prefer a good male hairdresser is just poor stupid....

[minestrone]

Again I ask the question, why is homsexuality allowed by right of law but the taking of multiple spouses not?

Simple question. Everyone seems to be quite good at avoiding that question.

[escapeUK]

Again I ask the question, why is homsexuality allowed by right of law but the taking of multiple spouses not?

Simple question. Everyone seems to be quite good at avoiding that question.

Homosexuality is necessary for gays, marrying someone is not (for any one.)

Though in the case of the hairdresser aiming an advert at young girls when some males are better hairdressers and lots of women prefer a good male hairdresser is just poor stupid....

Strangely enough she employed a very camp gay man.

[minestrone]

Homosexuality is necessary for gays, marrying someone is not (for any one.)

Bulltulip, answer the question.

People hold a sexual preference to have more than one sexual partner, where are you going to draw the line?

[d000hg]

And the discrimination against them was regarding sexuality, not marital status.

I don't think so. They also wouldn't book double rooms to unmarried mixed-sex couples. If they take the traditional view "marriage is between one man and one woman" they can (and I suspect were) simply refusing to let non-married couples share a room/bed.

[d000hg]

Homosexuality is necessary for gays

Of course it isn't. Lots of straight and gay people never have sex either by choice or in spite of trying.

[escapeUK]

Bulltulip, answer the question.

People hold a sexual preference to have more than one sexual partner, where are you going to draw the line?

No they dont, what are you on about?

[speling bee]

Again I ask the question, why is homsexuality allowed by right of law but the taking of multiple spouses not?

Simple question. Everyone seems to be quite good at avoiding that question.

You are comparing apples with oranges. Taking multiple partners (not spouses) is no more illegal than homosexuality.

The interesting question is why bigamy is illegal when civil partnerships and presumably soon gay marriage are legal. The answer to that I think is that the civil rights of gays were harmed by not recognising their relationships in the same way that marriage recognises straight relationships. There does not appear to be a loud clamour for legalised bigamy as a relief against discrimination, but if that clamour arises, then perhaps there will be a public debate and we can all come to an opinion on the merits of the arguments.

[speling bee]

I don't think so. They also wouldn't book double rooms to unmarried mixed-sex couples. If they take the traditional view "marriage is between one man and one woman" they can (and I suspect were) simply refusing to let non-married couples share a room/bed.

If I remember the report correctly, they didn't always ask straight couples if they were married before letting them stay, nor did they ask this couple their marital status before refusing them. The lady also said in court that she would not allow a gay couple to share a bed under her roof.