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same sex relationships                                                        Lucy Chubbs

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same sex relationships                                                        Lucy Chubbs

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Same sex relationships

This news article is about how many people still don't believe gay couples should be allowed to adopt, but young people did show support for gay marriage. Same sex couples still feel discriminated upon. Colin McCrory from Belfast is gay and is hoping to join a civil partnership later this year. However, he says that people are now becoming more accepting over time as people are becoming more open about their sexual orientation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/26319338/attitudes-towards-same-sex-relationships-are-changing

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gay-lgbt-hate-crimes-stats-rise-four-year-physical-verbal-homophobic-abuse-community-a7933126.html

More than 1 in 5 LGBT people in the last 12 months have been verbally and physical abuse because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Many feel as though they can’t take certain streets and avoid holding their partners hand in public because they have a fear that they will be attacked. They don’t feel safe where they live because of all this.

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/research/same-sex-couples-marriages/
There is still discrimination going on after the same-sex marriage law in 2014. Only 139 places of worship are registered to perform same-sex marriage in England and Wales, which means about 99.5% do not offer this. Only a shocking 23 same-sex marriages in a religious ceremony in 2014, whereas over 68000 opposite-sex couples took place.

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Gay couple launch lawsuit against tiny town for discrimination against their business

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Gay couple launch lawsuit against tiny town for discrimination against their business

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Jodi Watkinson
This news story is about a couple who were discriminated against due to their sexuality. They were aiming to start a business together but found it very difficult to do. They later filed a lawsuit as they believe this was due to their relationship.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/16/gay-couple-launch-lawsuit-against-tiny-town-for-discrimination-against-their-business/

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A young, gay, HIV positive, Morrocan male, may face deportation from the UK despite facing abuse in his home - Morocco 

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A young, gay, HIV positive, Morrocan male, may face deportation from the UK despite facing abuse in his home - Morocco 

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Madison Sinclair
A gay, Moroccan man who is HIV positive has left Morocco due to Moroccan authorities being infuriated with him and others trying to set up a pro-LGBT group in Morocco. This article explains the story of Abderrahim, 25, who has come to the UK to seek asylum and safety from his home country, Morocco. In Morocco, homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment for up to 3 years. Homophobia is on the rise in this north African country, many homosexuals receive death threats and abuse including Abderrahim. The UK home office have said that they accept that Abderrahim is gay, but cannot accept his asylum claim and may not be able to live in the UK and therefore may face deportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/26/man-may-be-deported-from-uk-despite-facing-persecution-in-morocco

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HIV positive man unable to become a commercial pilot

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HIV positive man unable to become a commercial pilot

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Charlotte Mclinden
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, had been offered a place on an airline's training programme. But the Civil Aviation Authority refused him the medical certificate needed to gain a commercial licence. The CAA said European regulations prevented it granting the certificate to someone who was HIV positive. The European Aviation Safety said it was considering a rule change. Anthony (not his real name) said it was "utterly devastating" to discover that he could not take up the position on the EasyJet pilot training scheme. He described the policy as "outdated" and "inherently discriminatory”. HIV Scotland has called for a change in the rules. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42325414

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Discrimination against Same Sex Relationships. (Rebecca Roberts-Winning)

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Discrimination against Same Sex Relationships. (Rebecca Roberts-Winning)

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The news story covers how gay couples are treated unfairly, because they are in a same sex relationship. A gay couple were turned away from a guesthouse because the Christian owner did not want them sleeping together. Michael Black and John Morgan are in later adulthood and were faced with discrimination at a B&B because of their sexuality. Mr Black said the couple were ''very angry''. The couple decided to drive the 80 miles back to their home with their ''adrenalin pumping''. After a judge found they had suffered unlawful discrimination.

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Mr Morgan, a computer consultant, said they would go somewhere else and the £30 pounds deposit was returned.

They later decided to return to their home in Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, rather than seeking alternative accommodation for the night.

Today, Recorder Clare Moulder found the couple, from Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, had been unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of their sexual orientation in breach of regulation 4 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007.

In awarding the couple damages of £1,800 pounds each, she said that she accepted the couple had to leave the B&B "in circumstances in which they had suffered injuries to feelings and they had the inconvenience of having to drive home at the end of the evening rather than stay overnight."

Today, Mr Black said: "We are delighted with the judgement and it shows the B&B was wrong not to obey the laws of discrimination."

He added the couple still took holidays in the UK but preferred to use hotels or self-catering accomodation.

Giving evidence to the court previously, Mrs Wilkinson claimed she had been acting in accordance with her religion, and her belief that homosexual relations - as opposed to orientation - are "sinful".

She insisted she had also turned away several unmarried heterosexual couples who appeared to want the room during the day for sex.

"As a Christian I have tried to live my life and carry out my work in accordance with my deeply held Christian beliefs and to permit same sex couples to share a double room in my home would be an act against my core religious beliefs and conscience," she told the court.

Delivering her judgment, Miss Recorder Moulder said: "In my view the application of the regulations to the defendant's bed and breakfast establishment does not prevent her from holding her religious beliefs but she has chosen to operate a commercial business for financial purposes.

"The business is conducted from her home but it is still a business with a significant number of guests. I do not agree with the (defence) submission that if the restriction is unlawful the defendant would have to remove herself from public life.

"My conclusion is that the application of the regulations to the defendant bed and breakfast establishment and the finding that the refusal of the double room constituted direct discrimination, are not in breach of her (Mrs Wilkinson) Article 9 Rights."

James Welch, legal director of human rights campaign group Liberty, said: "Liberty defends the rights of religious groups to manifest their beliefs, even when we disagree with them.

"But it is simply unacceptable for people running a business to refuse to provide a service because of someone's sexual orientation.

"Hopefully today's ruling signals the death knell of such 'no gays' policies - policies that would never be tolerated if they referred to a person's race, gender or religion."

Mrs Wilkinson was granted permission to appeal against the ruling.

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Gay couple turned away from B&B win discrimination case

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Mr Morgan, a computer consultant, said they would go somewhere else and the £30 pounds deposit was returned. They later decided to return to their home in Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, rather than seeking alternative accommodation for the night.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9617792/Gay-couple-turned-away-from-BandB-win-discrimination-case.html

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Paige Edwards

Same sex relationship discrimination

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40731733

This article is about a gay couple who are in their later adulthood, and faced discrimination daily about their sexuality. Phil and Nick married as soon as it was made legal in Scotland, however they still felt a lack of respect and acceptance towards their relationship. One of the men claimed that although it was now legal, he felt traumatised by his experience and felt he was still branded ‘wrong’ and ‘diseased’. He also claimed that just because it was now legal, it still doesn’t change people’s attitudes towards homosexuality.

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Same sex relationship discrimination

This article is about a gay couple who where rejected a stay in a guesthouse in Berkshire by the Christian owner because of their sexual orientation. The owner refused to give them a double room despite having made a reservation and paid the deposit on the room. Michael Black John Morgan won their legal case against the B&B owner Susan Wilkinson and where awarded £3,600 in compensation and the deposit of £30 was also returned.

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Mr Morgan, a computer consultant, said they would go somewhere else and the £30 pounds deposit was returned.

They later decided to return to their home in Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, rather than seeking alternative accommodation for the night.

Today, Recorder Clare Moulder found the couple, from Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, had been unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of their sexual orientation in breach of regulation 4 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007.

In awarding the couple damages of £1,800 pounds each, she said that she accepted the couple had to leave the B&B "in circumstances in which they had suffered injuries to feelings and they had the inconvenience of having to drive home at the end of the evening rather than stay overnight."

Today, Mr Black said: "We are delighted with the judgement and it shows the B&B was wrong not to obey the laws of discrimination."

He added the couple still took holidays in the UK but preferred to use hotels or self-catering accomodation.

Giving evidence to the court previously, Mrs Wilkinson claimed she had been acting in accordance with her religion, and her belief that homosexual relations - as opposed to orientation - are "sinful".

She insisted she had also turned away several unmarried heterosexual couples who appeared to want the room during the day for sex.

"As a Christian I have tried to live my life and carry out my work in accordance with my deeply held Christian beliefs and to permit same sex couples to share a double room in my home would be an act against my core religious beliefs and conscience," she told the court.

Delivering her judgment, Miss Recorder Moulder said: "In my view the application of the regulations to the defendant's bed and breakfast establishment does not prevent her from holding her religious beliefs but she has chosen to operate a commercial business for financial purposes.

"The business is conducted from her home but it is still a business with a significant number of guests. I do not agree with the (defence) submission that if the restriction is unlawful the defendant would have to remove herself from public life.

"My conclusion is that the application of the regulations to the defendant bed and breakfast establishment and the finding that the refusal of the double room constituted direct discrimination, are not in breach of her (Mrs Wilkinson) Article 9 Rights."

James Welch, legal director of human rights campaign group Liberty, said: "Liberty defends the rights of religious groups to manifest their beliefs, even when we disagree with them.

"But it is simply unacceptable for people running a business to refuse to provide a service because of someone's sexual orientation.

"Hopefully today's ruling signals the death knell of such 'no gays' policies - policies that would never be tolerated if they referred to a person's race, gender or religion."

Mrs Wilkinson was granted permission to appeal against the ruling.

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Gay couple turned away from B&B win discrimination case

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Mr Morgan, a computer consultant, said they would go somewhere else and the £30 pounds deposit was returned. They later decided to return to their home in Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, rather than seeking alternative accommodation for the night.