Gay people write to support B&B ban couple (From Bucks Free Press)
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Gay people write to support B&B ban Cookham couple
1:01pm Wednesday 24th March 2010 in News By Oliver Evans
GAY people have written to the owners of a bed and breakfast supporting their decision not to allow two men to share a bed.
Mike Wilkinson, who runs the Swiss B&B in Cookham with wife Susanne, said more people were supporting their decision.
The Christians hit national headlines on Monday for refusing to let refusing Michael Black and John Morgan stay on Friday night. They could have broken equality laws, police said.
Mr Wilkinson said initial messages of support counted for about ten to 15 per cent of comments received – but this has “changed a lot” since.
The couple said they ‘obey God’s laws’.
He said: “Several are from gay people saying they apologise for the publicity-seeking gentlemen and don't agree with that point of view and that we have the right who comes in to our home.”
An email, seen by The Bucks Free Press, said: “It takes courage to act like that and I think it is fine.
“I am gay myself and know that there are certain people that I would not want in my home or do business with for that matter.
“I reckon you receive a lot of hateful letters. So here is a smiling one.”
Another said: “I just wanted to write a note to say I fully understand your recent decision regarding feeling uncomfortable with allowing gay men book a room at your beautiful bed and breakfast.
“May I first say I am in my thirties and gay, and when travelling me and my partner would understand certain people would not feel comfortable with us booking a room at a bed and breakfast because of its intimate nature etc and we must understand other people’s feelings.
“I fully accept your decision and saddened to see how you have been treated! But stick by what you believe in.”
Mr Wilkinson, 55, said: “The majority now are positive, supporting our position and it's quite heartening. It's turned around.
“They look genuine the majority are coming through saying they are very sad about change sin the law and the state of the nation. They think it's all completely wrong.
“They say keep your chin up and we hope there will be some amendment in the law.”
Mr Black and Mr Morgan, from Cambridgeshire, were not available for comment this afternoon.
Police said any court action would have to be taken through the civil and not criminal courts.
A Thames Valley Police statement said: “The incident may be a breach of The Equalities Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, which outlaws discrimination by businesses against gay, lesbian and bi-sexual people.
“It is not a criminal offence, so police will not be carrying out a criminal investigation.”
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Comments (61)
1:16pm Wed 24 Mar 10
john_b says...
What would 'God' say?
1:56pm Wed 24 Mar 10
chesham20 says...
1:58pm Wed 24 Mar 10
bernaaard says...
I have been turned away from night clubs and pubs, simply for the way i look which isnt even a lifestyle choice, it is genetic. I dont go complaining to the rozzers about it though.
What happened to this country. Just accept whatever has been said, and adopt the "oh well, you are losing money then" attitude and go find somewhere else to stay.
Stop being such a wuss !
2:43pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
2:46pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
2:51pm Wed 24 Mar 10
ChrisVogel says...
2:53pm Wed 24 Mar 10
iworld says...
As for the account of Christ (Pbuh) his birth was an immaculate conception, Mary (Pbuh) is the mother of Christ (Pbuh) and Joseph married Mary later
Everyone has rights - just think where all the man made laws originate from (in concept) ........Religion! It is important to promote the importance of advancing human civilisation and the values that we all sure to promote a society that is just for men, women and children, if we do not work to this, then history has shown what man has lead to their own destruction - just take a visit to the DEAD Sea!
3:05pm Wed 24 Mar 10
bernaaard says...
hat......whatever your silly name is, it wasnt for that reason at all.
Although i suspent the banana hammock and wellies may have contributed to my own downfall ! :)
Although i do to say bravo that you can spot M&S knitwear from a photo that size. Obviously you have a lot of experience in this field..........!
3:16pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
3:19pm Wed 24 Mar 10
bernaaard says...
3:26pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
Hallelujah..
Now say three hail mary's and self flagellate.:))
3:29pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
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Can anyone recommend a B&B?
3:38pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
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History shows this.
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That and politics. Put them together and a lot of people seem to die. History also proves that.
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Religion puts it about that this or that cult / sect knows the only and irrefutable 'Truth' and all the rest should be either looked on with contempt , abused or even attacked.
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It would have been better IMO if the British people had learned the lesson during the Tudors , Stuarts and others periods that mixing politics and religion together ends in lots of people suffering via the diktats and lackeys of the unscrupulous.
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A lot less religion please - and a lot more common sense and humanity everywhere. That'll be a start for getting the human race back on track.
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Thank you
3:43pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
3:45pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
And Pope.
3:51pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
Regards
PS I think I recognize irony when I 'see' it (I hope I think). They are not 'proper' jobs anyway !
3:55pm Wed 24 Mar 10
chris740 says...
whats done is done.
stop trying to put something there thats is not.
they could not stay there. so there are plenty of other places to stay
3:55pm Wed 24 Mar 10
nuno diaz says...
3:55pm Wed 24 Mar 10
bernaaard says...
If they wanna look down their nose at me then fine, what does it hurt me.
If i am attacked because of it then i will fight back on a biblical scale, me, not my god, but me.
Religion isnt the cause of war, it is a suitable excuse to rally people to the flag so to speak. Time you looked at the bigger picture instead of blaming one thing for this rubbish race we are all part of.........Human !
4:00pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
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I think it will only be rubbish until they fix the potholes.
4:08pm Wed 24 Mar 10
cheesepie says...
4:14pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
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I did not say anything whatsoever about what people could or could not decide or believe in , did I ? In fact I thought I said something approximating to the opposite !
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regards
PS What came first , religion or God ; belief or non-belief ? I see over the years a superabundance of religion but not much God IMHO.
4:17pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
That will be no good for the potholes.
4:17pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
4:20pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
4:23pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
4:34pm Wed 24 Mar 10
john_b says...
4:43pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
4:51pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Elmo says...
4:55pm Wed 24 Mar 10
katodeza says...
Seriously - we know enough about human biology and genetics to know that homosexuality is an inborn condition- trouble is the church will never allow this to be acknowledged- and so called 'christians' hide behind religion when really they just disapprove personally. Live and let live.
5:07pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
5:21pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
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It's the Swiss B&B for **** Galore and where no OddJobs are allowed?
5:45pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
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Shall I send her round to you afterwards ? She ever so nice and polite.
5:59pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
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Well I'm not playing, as it tends to mainly inanely and ungainfully painfully strain my brain.
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Nevertheless .......
6:23pm Wed 24 Mar 10
carpediem says...
6:36pm Wed 24 Mar 10
cheesepie says...
6:44pm Wed 24 Mar 10
carpediem says...
6:54pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
7:09pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
7:27pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
Maybe TV is the opiate of the people? ( slight difference).;)
7:28pm Wed 24 Mar 10
tom.marlow says...
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An ancient greek and a roman were having a few beers and bigging up their own cultures in some classical p***ing match....
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The greek says we built the parthenon....
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Roman says we built the colesseum...
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Greek says we invented mathematics....
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Roman says we invented poetry....
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Greek says we invented sex....
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Roman dude says yeah but we discovered you were supposed to do it with women
7:31pm Wed 24 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
7:59pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
8:04pm Wed 24 Mar 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
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I believe that 'opiates' is the collective term for derivatives of the poppy, of which opium is one, heroin and morphine others
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Put that in your pipe and smoke it Sherlock ;-))
8:07pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
8:21pm Wed 24 Mar 10
OllieNewbury says...
11:32pm Wed 24 Mar 10
tom.marlow says...
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Also, on reflection, best part of half the worlds population seem to think sex with men is OK so it must have something going for it :-)
11:42pm Wed 24 Mar 10
demoness says...
yes dear. ;)
12:35am Thu 25 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
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How's the human race going to manage to continue grow and spread through the Universe as was destined with this state of affairs. What a let-down ! It's all getting out of hand.
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Are all the people of the world aware of these goings -on ? Especially the people in Cookham Rise.
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Did you know, like as in Brighton and Hove , it is called 'Cookham Rise Actually' - in order to point out its distinctiveness from Cookham (Village) and Cookham Dean. They are very fussy you know - people in 'The Cookhams' you know
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Cherish your Mum and Dad of whatever sex , as most people may only get one or two of them. And if tom-marlow is telling the truth they could be a diminishing asset , which we will regret the passing of.
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I can't keep up with all these new-fangled sociological upheavals , to be honest.
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Bye ; I have suddenly become quite mentally and emotionally fatigued.
1:03am Thu 25 Mar 10
Voyeur says...
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God created all in it.
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God created homosexuals.
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Why do people not tolerate all of god's creatures?
1:11am Thu 25 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
1:50am Thu 25 Mar 10
Dodi786 says...
Not Adam & Steve???
7:37am Thu 25 Mar 10
demoness says...
I mean, come on!
10:29am Thu 25 Mar 10
carpediem says...
And gays are unnatural, but talking snakes and magic trees aren't?
12:42pm Thu 25 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
1:05pm Thu 25 Mar 10
demoness says...
6:23pm Thu 25 Mar 10
J B Blackett says...
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Did he mean to type Adam and Camp Steve. I'm a bit camp (attitudinally not sexually you understand - due to my ex-show biz connections , don't yer know).
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I hope this person is not getting at camp people as well. That would be not nice and bordering on the discriminatory. Very camp in itself if you think about it.
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Toodle-pip.
8:34pm Thu 25 Mar 10
Tommaroon says...
2:33am Fri 26 Mar 10
Dodi786 says...
OOOp's sorry,
these gay's must have experienced this sort of behaviour in the past according to how old they seem to look, unless they only recently realised/noticed that they're gay??? and have made a fuss out of ???
I'm sure they must be allowed to reserve the right to refuse admission to certain individuals should they want?
Is there a law to protect them for acting in such a way???
8:07am Sat 27 Mar 10
Gembira says...
10:29am Mon 29 Mar 10
Madness47 says...