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Originally Posted by steeljack
Sorry , but my thinking is , if I owned/operated a BB inside MY home and a bunch of "rappers/gang bangers" turned up using the word "Mothaf---er" or "yo bitch" every second word I would hope I would have some legal protection to refuse them a crib for the night , same as if I was the landlord of a family "type" pub who used (maybe still has) the right to refuse service to the foul mouthed .
Should an 'ethnic' owned BB on Brick Lane (London) be forced to accept a family group of BNP supporters in town to celebrate the election of their partys MPs to Westminster , I'm thinking the BB owners would be let off as the actions of the BNP would be seen as provocative .
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Legally you 'have the right to terminate a stay without refund or compensation, where unreasonable behaviour of the persons named on the booking form, or their guests, might impair the enjoyment, comfort, or health of other guests or resident owner.'
If you demand the right to vet who stays at your bed and breakfast, perhaps opening this sort of business isn't really one you should be running in
Your home.
Happily the shadow Justice Secretary seems a little more switched on.
'Dominic Grieve, the shadow Justice Secretary, said that B&Bs should not be able to discriminate, The Independent has learnt. "If you decide you are going to turn your home into a bed and breakfast, you are providing a public service and you have to accept that you cannot discriminate over who stays there," Mr Grieve said.'
"If you can't accept that then you are in the wrong business. It is no different from a Muslim taxi driver refusing to take a blind person because they think the dog is dirty: the law states you must take the blind person. You have no recourse to argue."
Gay rights row engulfs Tories after Grayling gaffe - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
'Gay couples aren't barging into people's homes and demanding a bed for the night. They are simply trying to use a publicly advertised service, without having the door slammed in their face because of a harmless natural difference they were probably born with.'
Johann Hari: How is this different from turning away black couples? - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent