By Dominic Casciani (London England) JAN 24 | Over the past five years, the law has swung decisively against Mr and Mrs Bull's expectations that their religious beliefs should influence how they run their hotel.
Everyone in British society enjoys equal protection of their right to live the way they choose.
But if your particular beliefs or actions unreasonably impinge on someone else's right to live the life that they do, then the law will find you in the wrong.
That is exactly the issue at the heart of the B&B discrimination case.
The Bulls said their double rooms were only for married couples - but Mr Hall and Mr Preddy, as civil partners, enjoy to all intents and purposes the same legal rights and protections as a married heterosexual couple.
The 2010 Equality Act has consolidated the law in this area and cleared up some grey areas.
So we may soon see more claims of sexual orientation discrimination before the courts - and probably more victories for those claiming they were treated badly.
Dominic Casciani is the BBC News home affairs correspondent based in London.
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The rabbi's statements forestall the generalisation that dogma inhibits critical thought. On the other hand those members of the debate who would force their belief on others fail to realise the difference between the right to believe, and the right to be.
It may well be an answer to force the believers to post a sign saying, "We abide by the law to provide services to those people whom offend our beliefs."
In this way we would know which establishments to avoid so that we do not fund a mental deficiency.
ROFLMAO at Des' proposed sign.
Can you imagine this being posted by anyone and everyone who feels or believes in something discriminatory? It would be nearly the same as posting a sign saying, "I'm a discriminatory idiot"
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