Thursday 1 February 2007

'Gay-only' venues fear equality law

Hoteliers chasing the pink tourist pound have joined criticism of a law outlawing discrimination against homosexuals.

The hotels, which cater for the thriving “exclusively gay” tourism market, say that they should be exempt from the Sexual Orientation Regulations as they will be forced to accept heterosexual guests.

Some say that a ban on “gay only” advertising could put them out of business.

There were also concerns that some heterosexual couples might be unhappy if they unwittingly booked into a gay hotel. Read more

Ed: You can view the (seriously badly designed) Hamilton Hall website here, where it is indeed advertised as "exclusively for gay and bisexual men". Ironically, that will become illegal! However, if you scroll down the page you will probably discover it's not really 'you'. Some of it is fairly seriously unpleasant, but if you can cope, I suggest you take a look. It is, as they say, a bit of an eye-opener.

Interestingly, there is a piece on Christianity and the Bible lower down the page. Amongst other things, it offers this gem:

When the Bible was put together as a ‘library’ – or as a ‘collection of books’ – which is what the word Bible means, it was massively edited. (around 200 - 400 BC) Many of the biblical documents were disliked by the founding fathers of the church and simply thrown out, and some have since been found in 1947 – The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gnostic Gospels. What was left was massively edited and many aspects of Christ’s teachings were simply changed and distorted to suit the church. For a start - Reincarnation was taken out, and Hell and Satan were put in.
Now can anyone see what is wrong with this paragraph?

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