RizzyKing

Well isn't this fun first off hardly anyone supports that very small non representative group of malcontents that were throwing abuse at our troops and that has been stated many times on here as well as many other places and by many many muslims as well. Secondly this issue is nothing to do with that at all and why that issue is raising it's head in this thread is beyond me as that was out and out abuse and incitement by a bunch of trouble makers and nothing at all to do with free speech.

This issue though is a little more complicated and what is valid is the argument that it should be in civil not criminal court. As for the couple themselves i have googled the hotel in question and no where on their advertising do i see it state this is a christian run hotel or mention christianity at all. So why did they feel it appropriate to enter into a discussion about religion at the breakfast table and would they have done so if they didn't have a muslim guest.

From the little we know and there is obviously a great deal we do not know words were uttered that anyone with half a brain would have known were insulting and highly offensive to anyone of the muslim faith and therefore should not have been said by owners of any establishment that is open to the public. How many whites were present and was this muslim lady the only non white there ? (i know that simplifys the whole religion thing as you don't have to be white to be a christian or non white to be a muslim).

If that was the case then this is not about free speech it could be about something a little more sinister such as out and out bullying by people looking to make some worthless point.

I think religion is being misused here in the case of the owners and i think it is only being used by the daily hate to create a "christian vs muslim in the homeland of christianity" type of attitude and to whip up some good ol anti muslim hate which this particular paper seems to revel in doing. Taking this to court is not a case of pandering to muslims or a further erosion of this and that for the benefit of muslims as some like to see it. What we seem to have is a couple of people with beliefs who chose to express views not commonly held by christianity as a whole (as far as i know) as an attack on a person staying at their hotel and trying to hide behind religion as an excuse.

Never have i stayed at a hotel even some openly christian ones where religion was a breakfast table discussion point and certainly not to the point that this so called discussion went too. If you look at it another way this muslim lady is fighting a decline in one of the things we british used to take great pride in that being a good host\hostess which this couple were certainly not.