CHRISTIAN guest house owners who were ordered to pay damages after turning away a gay couple have lost their fight.gay christian, peter bull, hazelmary bull, Marazion, Cornwall, County Court and the Court of Appeal, Steven Preddy, Martyn Hall, APPEAL: Peter Bull and his wife Hazelmary took the case to the highest court in the UK [PA]
Peter Bull, 74, and his wife Hazelmary, 69, refuse to let Martyn Hall and his civil partner Steven Preddy stay in a double room.
They asked the Supreme Court to decide whether their decision to constituted sex discrimination under equality legislation.
Five Supreme Court justices ruled against them today after analysing the case at a hearing in London in October.
The couple, who run a guest house in Marazion, Cornwall, had previously lost fights in a County Court and the Court of Appeal.
In 2011 a judge at Bristol County Court concluded that the Bulls acted unlawfully and ordered them to pay a total of £3,600 damages.
DISCRIMINATION: Steven Preddy (left) and Martin Hall (right) were awarded damages DISCRIMINATION: Steven Preddy (left) and Martin Hall (right) were awarded damages [PA]
In 2012 the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Bulls following a hearing in London.
The couple had asked the Supreme Court to overrule the Court of Appeal.
The Bulls said they thought that any sex outside marriage was "a sin" - and,read more:http://eyesawmagazine..com/2013/11/christian-guesthouse-owners-asked-to.html