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Originally Posted by Damien
Yes, you do. This couple are running a business though and not inviting people into a private home. I believe their are laws in providing services as a business and discrimination. However, I do not think they should be sued as there were plenty of hotels around and they were aware of the policy. Why not just accept it instead of looking for a pointless battle?
My main interest in this topic is why the couple have a hotel if they wish to have these policies? As well as questioning the extent to which you can impose your personal beliefs on others when providing a service.
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Why shouldn't they have a hotel? Restricting the sorts of business people can have based on their religion is a very, very dangerous road to travel. I think it's also likely that they had the hotel before the introduction of the law that is now being waved at them.
Your use of 'impose' is interesting. Given that this is not a State service, providing things the couple couldn't reasonably obtain somewhere else (such as free healthcare, benefits, etc etc), how exactly is the double room policy and imposition?
When this gets to court, it is going to be a straight fist-fight between the discrimination laws quoted by Stonewall, and the Human Rights Act, which guarantees freedom of religious expression. The court will have to decide which has primacy.