UK: Gay couple say ‘it was right’ to take discriminatory Christian B&B owner to court
A gay couple from Cambridgeshire who were refused a room at a guest house say it was important to make a stand against discrimination.
Michael Black’s partner, John Morgan, has commented on the decision of the Court of Appeal to reject Susanne Wilkinson’s case.
Mr Morgan told ITV News: “We were so sure that it was against the law to turn a gay couple away from a bed and breakfast or a hotel… that we needed to find out. Michael and I are quite long in the tooth and we’ve seen most things, and we feel it was right to take this case to court so that the B&B owners and the gay and lesbian couples know exactly where they stand.”
Mrs Wilkinson was granted permission to take her appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday.
A hearing will take place on 9 October.