Winners and Losers

A Christian bed and breakfast owner faces legal action after she turned away a gay "couple".

Their claim for damages in a civil court is being brought under Labour’s Sexual Orientation Regulations 2007, which make it illegal to refuse service to homosexuals, and is being supported by Britain’s leading civil liberties group, Liberty. A letter before action sent by Liberty’s legal director this week claims: “Your unlawful treatment of my clients resulted in considerable embarrassment and humiliation to them both and they seek compensation from you for the injury to their feelings.” Mrs Wilkinson, who lives in the Swiss B&B in Cookham, Berks, with her husband, Francis, took a booking from Mr Black in March this year for a double room assuming he was married. When he arrived with Mr Morgan she told him it would go against her conscience to allow two men to share a bed, so she repaid them their £30 deposit and they left. She said at the time: “If they had gone to a hotel I think it would probably be different, but this is my house, we live here with our children - it's our home that's the difference.”

Her views were later backed by Chris Grayling, who was then the shadow home secretary, and when his comments were reported in a Sunday newspaper it triggered a political storm that may have cost him a post in the new Cabinet. Simon Calvert of the Christian Institute, a lobby group that has previously supported Mrs Wilkinson, said: “There seems to be this view that religious conscience comes bottom of the pile. If there’s a clash, religious people lose every time".

So, who are the winners and losers here? Seems clear to me. 

Winners-

The feelings and embarrassment of a gay 'couple'.

The Liberty Group who have a lop sided agenda of civil liberty, and seem to decide for themselves which liberties to protect. Certainly not the Christian or religious liberty.

Political Correctness.

Losers- 

Christians and other religious groups in the UK.

Christian faith, feelings and convictions which are (were?) the bedrock of our legal system.

Normal (yes, I said normal) Family life. 

Precedent of law. If allowed this time, it will be allowed all the time.

Chris Grayling MP's career

Morals declining even further, and at the hands of our 'own' legal system

The security and sanctity of your own home.

Freedom of thought and expression

It looks like there are many more losers than winners here. So, how much lower do we allow the morals of our nation to sink? How about the gutter? Is that far enough before there is some kind of reaction at grass roots level? One thing is certain, if this goes ahead in Liberty's favour, it confirms that PC has gone mad and is now the 'new morality'. After this, we can expect almost anything immoral to be allowed, and legalised in the UK. Is that really what we want?