Gay Couple Wins UK Discrimination Suit

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Gay Couple Wins U.K. Discrimination Suit
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          Jan 18, 2011
          
        
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A British gay couple have prevailed in a lawsuit against a Cornwall hotel whose owners denied them a room.  
Martyn Hall and Steve Preddy, who have a civil partnership in the U.K., were awarded the equivalent of $2,800 by the court, USA Today reports.  
The owners of the Chymorvah Private Hotel had argued that they do not allow unmarried couples to rent rooms, regardless of sexual orientation. 
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