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Originally Posted by frogstamper
Blimey what do the owners do check straight couples fingers for an untanned ring to make sure they are not fibbing.
Personally I haven't much sympathy for the hotel owners, thirty odd years ago you could have substituted the gay couple for a black couple and there would have been an excuse why they couldn't stay.
Hopefully in another thirty years we'll look back on events like these with a more enlightened outlook.
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Mm, let's not allow the facts to get in the way of a good rant. There's no evidence anywhere of the hoteliers asking for any kind of proof of marriage. It's far more reasonable to conclude that they simply set out their rule and from that point on guests either comply with it or tell a lie to get round it. More difficult for a gay couple to get away with, I grant you.
Your comparison with racism is of course completely false, as I'm sure you were aware when you posted it. Nobody is barred from the hotel. The hoteliers simply decline to sell double-bedded rooms to unmarried couples.