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**Chris** · 22-05-2011, 19:41

Your understanding of the burden of proof is back to front.

If it ended up in court, it would be for the complainants (i.e. the pair that were kicked out) to show that, on the balance of probabilities, the landlord was being homophobic rather than enforcing a blanket 'no snogging' policy.

The fact that he asked them to leave is not conclusive proof of anything. The fact that the landlord has made absolutely no statement whatsoever about the matter since then, and no juicy details about his background, politics, or other private tidbits have since emerged, would make it impossibly difficult for them to prove anything.

It is very easy for the complainants to go on a tour of radio phone-ins and bleat about how they felt persecuted. You don't need any evidence to do that. To actually demonstrate in a court that you were persecuted is, thankfully, a little more difficult - rightfully so, because I don't think anybody wants to see perfectly ordinary, law-abiding people sacrificed at the altar of someone else's agenda.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,100	Re: Gay couple claim they were ejected from pub for kissing Your understanding of the burden of proof is back to front. If it ended up in court, it would be for the complainants (i.e. the pair that were kicked out) to show that, on the balance of probabilities, the landlord was being homophobic rather than enforcing a blanket 'no snogging' policy. The fact that he asked them to leave is not conclusive proof of anything. The fact that the landlord has made absolutely no statement whatsoever about the matter since then, and no juicy details about his background, politics, or other private tidbits have since emerged, would make it impossibly difficult for them to prove anything. It is very easy for the complainants to go on a tour of radio phone-ins and bleat about how they felt persecuted. You don't need any evidence to do that. To actually demonstrate in a court that you were persecuted is, thankfully, a little more difficult - rightfully so, because I don't think anybody wants to see perfectly ordinary, law-abiding people sacrificed at the altar of someone else's agenda.