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Gay couple in Britain wins case over double-room refusal
Jan 18, 2011, 16:26 GMT
London - A gay British couple who were refused a double room in a hotel won damages of 1,800 pounds (2,880 dollars) each on Tuesday on the grounds of 'direct discrimination.'
A court in Bristol, south-west England, found that hotel owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull acted unlawfully by refusing to put up the two men, who were in a civil partnership.
'It didn't even cross our minds that in 2008 in Britain we needed to ask whether we would be welcome,' said one of the men, Steven Preddy, about the events two years ago.
However Bull, co-owner of the Chymorvah Hotel near Penzance, in the tourist region of Cornwall, said she and her husband were considering an appeal.
'Our double-bed policy was based on our sincere beliefs about marriage, not hostility to anybody,' she said.
The judge described the ruling as a 'clear example of how social attitudes have changed over the years.'
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