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Antigay B&B Owners Head to Supreme Court in U.K.

Antigay B&B Owners Head to Supreme Court in U.K.

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After booting a gay couple from their hotel, the case heads to a higher court.

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A Christian couple in the U.K. who refused to allow a gay couple from staying in one of their guesthouse rooms have won the right to take their case to that country's Supreme Court, according to Pink News. Previous court judges have twice ruled Peter and Hazelmary Bull broke the U.K.'s equality laws in refusing business to a gay couple, but they will now appeal to the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the land, will now let them make an appeal.

The gay couple Martin Hall and Steven Preddy, who have had a civil union, says Pink News's Scott Roberts, successfully sued the business owners for sexual orientation discrimination after they were turned away from the Chymorvah Hotel because the policy forbid "unmarried" couples to share rooms. The judge in that trial awarded Hall and Preddy PS3,600.

Supporters of the Bulls say that the country shouldn't be allowed to infringe on their beliefs about marriage.

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Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.
Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.