Is the new Homosexuality discrimination law actually discrimination against hetrosexuals?
I understand that the law being discussed also includes clauses that make it unlawful for gay establishments from refusing heterosexuals from using them. This is equality in action. Heterosexuals have far more protection in the workplace than gay people, are not discriminated against for displaying affection in public, can marry in churches etc. Please allow us to live and work in a fair and equal society. we will all benefit in the long run.
In your shoes, I would also feel uncomfortable about men doing the old horizontal tango in my home, but on thinking about this, I realise that I don’t like the idea of ANYONE else doing it under my roof! I fondly imagine that if friends stay, they don’t; just as I wouldn’t in their house; from respect, and fear of being heard. If someone rents a room, though, that’s a completely different ballgame, and they must be allowed to do as they wish so long as they abide by the usual rules. If I was running a hotel, though, the gay thing wouldn’t bother me. The inescapable thing about gays is that however much we may like an individual (love Matt Lucas, love the flamboyant sales assistant in my local shoe shop), most of us are pre-programmed to think that ‘it’ isn’t natural or right unless it’s between a man & a woman, so we tend to shut out thoughts about what gays might get up to in private. You’ve been forced to confront this. Before we were married my h & I knocked on a B&B in Exeter; the
