Earlier this week, news agencies around the world carried the story of a gay couple who received £3600 in compensation because they were refused a room in a B&B by the Christian couple who own it. The judge found that despite the deeply and sincerely held beliefs of the owners, they had in fact directly discriminated against the couple on the basis of sexual orientation.
The interesting thing about this case was the claim from the owners that their policy on double rooms was based on their views on marriage and that it is applied consistently to all unmarried couples. The gay couple in this case were in a civil partnership, however, and this fact started off a thought process in my head which goes like this.
Q: The couple in this case were in a civil partnership but were still refused a room. Why?
A: The owners must not consider civil partnership to be marriage.
Q: The only reason that there is civil partnership in the UK instead of full marriage is because of Christian oppostion so why is that?
A: Because they consider homosexuality to be sinful.
Q: Why?
A: Because the bible says so.
Q: Where does it say that in the bible?
A: Leviticus 18:22 (Thou shalt not lie with mankind as you lie with womankind; it is an abomination)
Q: What else does Leviticus prohibit?
A: Tattoos, astrology, eating fat or blood, eating pork, eating seafood that lacks fins or scales, working on the sabbath, eating leavened bread on the sabbath.
Q: So why don't Christians call for laws against these things or even practice them privately.
A: Because they're all HYPOCRITES.
Neither hypocrisy nor some dusty commandment pulled out of some Jew's ass deserves legal recognition. We can and should tolerate disparate beliefs but discrimination is crossing the line.
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