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It may not be appropriate for this board and if it's not, Tim please feel free to delete it.
Your Dog Can Stay You Can't
Gay Couple Told
(London) Two London men were told to leave a hotel on the weekend after the manager learned they were gay. But, their dog, the manager told them, was welcome to stay.
Nigel Griffiths and Ian Humphreys say they had checked into the Swan Hotel, at Thornthwaite, in England's Lake Country, and were sitting down to dinner in the restaurant when Colin Harrison who runs the Swan approached them.
"This man came across the room and said he was not happy about two men sharing a room. The dining room was full and we had never seen this man before," Griffiths said.
"We could not believe what we were hearing. The staff looked embarrassed.
" He said something about it being illegal and what we were doing was immoral."
The couple said they collected their pet and luggage and spent several hours finding a new hotel.
"We have been all over the world and never seen such a thing. It is not acceptable in this day and age," Griffiths said.
"We felt extremely harassed and humiliated.
The men, who both work in the ad industry in London, have filed a complaint with police. They are to meet with their lawyer later today.
Harrison, 51, admitted discriminating, but said the hotel is his home.
Now having just taken a long vacation with JJ, I realize this could have happened to us. I don't even want to think about it. While neither of us are physically affectionate to one another in public nor are either of us fem or obviously gay acting/looking, we shared a bed everywhere we stayed (and none of these places were "gay" hotels or whatever) and we had breakfast & dinner together, went everywhere together. If I had seen this before we went, it would have made me more self-conscious. As it was, we were relaxed and "ourselves" the whole trip.
How awful for this couple to be embarrassed and harrassed like that. Had it happened to me - I sincerely think I would be facing assault charges. I wouldnt take it lightly - someone insulting JJ.
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