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[tinyjo]

This, about the Sexual Orientation Regulations, made me really sad. All the examples the opponents of the bill gave, like hoteliers liable to prosecution for refusing a double room to a gay couple, were things that I thought "But that's what I would want to happen!". I think I may be a lefty pinko liberal.

On the other hand, this, about a new random radio station launching in Oxford, sounds quite interesting

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned in the other thread, I feel that they've implicitly agreed to cede that freedom by freely advertising the bed or food with no provisos.

Actually, forcing people who want to not have gay couples in their hotels to state it up front would also be interesting because I think there's a lot more closet homophobia, as it were, than overt. If they had to be public about it, would they actually do it, or would they put up and shut up?

I don't think this is actually the stance of the proposed legislation but I'm finding it hard at this point to get at the details of exactly what that is in the welter of claim and counter claim in the media :(

[jinty]

I've seen a leaflet for a Japanese chain of budget hotels which explicitely state upfront that they will not rent a room with a double bed to two men (though there is no such restriction on two women wanting to rent that room).

[applez.livejournal.com]

Actually, I quite like the idea that a discriminatory hotelier would be forced to explicitly state those values up front.

Sadly, this might only replicate the 'members only' club mentality/solution that prevailed in times before.