In DLA Piper's se of the week, the Court of Appeal upheld a cisn that a B&B owner's refal to provi acmodatn to a gay uple was
Contents:
- COURT OF APPEAL FDS B&B’S REFAL TO ACMODATE GAY UPLE TO BE UNLAWFUL
- B&B OWNER WHO TURNED AWAY GAY UPLE LOS APPEAL
- CHRISTIAN B&B OWNERS LOSE SUPREME COURT CASE OVER REFAL TO HOST GAY COUPL
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
COURT OF APPEAL FDS B&B’S REFAL TO ACMODATE GAY UPLE TO BE UNLAWFUL
* gay b&b case *
In DLA Piper’s se of the week, the Court of Appeal upheld a cisn that a B&B owner’s refal to provi acmodatn to a gay uple was and another v Wilkson.
B&B OWNER WHO TURNED AWAY GAY UPLE LOS APPEAL
Mr Black and Mr Man, a homosexual uple, were refed acmodatn at a B&B n by the appellant, Mrs Wilkson. The Court of Appeal nfirmed the County Court’s judgment of direct discrimatn, although the Court emphasised that nsired this se to be more ak to direct – rather than direct – discrimatn, bee Wilkson had applied a blanket policy that placed all homosexuals at a disadvantage pared wh heterosexual upl.
CHRISTIAN B&B OWNERS LOSE SUPREME COURT CASE OVER REFAL TO HOST GAY COUPL
Such upl uld never atta the stat of a heterosexual married uple and therefore uld never be eligible to stay at the gut nsirg the issue of direct discrimatn, the Court of Appeal qutned the issue of jtifitn of direct discrimatn acrdance wh Wilkson’s fence that her rtrictn on acmodatg homosexuals was a proportnate means of fulfillg a legimate aim.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
There was nothg to prevent Wilkson om offerg a service that did not require her to discrimate agast homosexuals to mata her moral and relig posn. Greater weight was attributed to the rights of the homosexual uple who were nied the acmodatn not to be subjected to discrimatn. The Christian owner of a bed and breakfast has lost her appeal agast a lg that she unlawfully discrimated agast a gay uple when she refed to let them stay a double room.