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Christians and innkeepers

Why hotels should not discriminate.

By David Allen Green Published 26 January 2011 11:10

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Wed, 2011-01-26 16:21 — Matt Flaherty (not verified)

Jane, that's good news. Their site still advertises the hotel as for gay men only, and that article I link to above features an interview with the owner where he laments the new legislation saying they plan to remain open to gay men only for as long as possible.

It's a tough one. Truly it is. There are clashing issues here of freedom and I'm not sure the balance is where it ought to be.

Wed, 2011-01-26 18:03 — MikeHypercube (not verified)

An inn which let rooms only to those who were without sin, like the stoning crowd in the Gospel, would be very quiet indeed.

What I don't get is why this couple believe they have a right, as Christians, to judge other people's behaviour, much less to mandate or proscribe it. Where in the Bible does it say you must stop other people doing stuff? And exactly which behaviours do they feel they are responsible for? Or are they (surely not?) discriminating against the person rather than whatever "sins" they might commit under their roof.

Wed, 2011-01-26 18:31 — Mrs Grimble (not verified)

http://www.secularism.org.uk/christian-hotel-owners-caught-ou.html
If the allegation in the link is true, then the couple are indeed hypocrites.

Wed, 2011-01-26 20:37 — Hans Castorp (not verified)

Hardly a fucking Rosa Parks moment, is it.

Wed, 2011-01-26 20:52 — michaelpetek

Get thee behind me, Mike Hypercube!

You say: "What I don't get is why this couple believe they have a right, as Christians, to judge other people's behaviour."

They weren't. This Christian couple were asserting a right not to be forced to aid and abet sexual acts they did not consent to by providing a marriage bed to a couple who did not have any duty to have sex with each other as only married couples do.

A Christian car dealer would similarly find it unconscionable to provide a getaway car to bank robbers if Parliament were ever to legalise bank robbery for persons with a licence to do so.