On May 29, 3:49 am, Markku Gr=F6nroos wrote:
> "Pajamas O'Donovan" kirjoitti
> viestiss=E4:1180434987.970009.319...@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> >Sheehan's Democrat Party Exit Ignored: Are Media Antiwar or Just Anti-
> > Bush?
>
> Have you homo.ual ever given a thought on this practice of yours to
> crosspost this filth all over the usenet - rec.travel.europe too. I sugge=
st
> you consult an able shrink I have always been amazed how large the
> population of fruit cakes is in the USA. Well, the ancient Rome went
> decadent and finally disappeared. Tendencies seems to be much quicker in =
the
> USA. It cannot be water pipes of lead because water pipes are not made of
> lead in the USA. It must be something else. Any ideas why the neural syst=
em
An Australian hotel catering for homo.uals has won the right to ban
hetero.uals from its bars so as to provide a safe and comfortable
venue for gay men.
In what is believed to be a first for Australia, the Victorian state
civil and administrative tribunal ruled last week that the Peel Hotel
in the southern city of Melbourne could exclude patrons based on their
.uality.
Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent people being discriminated
against based on race, religion or .uality.
But Peel Hotel owner Tom McFeely said the ruling was necessary to
provide gay men with a non-threatening atmosphere to freely express
their .uality.
"If I can limit the number of hetero.uals entering the Peel, then
that helps me keep the safe balance," Peel told Australian radio on
Monday.
McFeely said that, while the hotel welcomed everyone, its gay
clientele had expressed discomfort over the number of hetero.uals
and lesbians coming to the venue in the past year.
He said there were more than 2,000 venues in Melbourne that catered to
hetero.uals, but his hotel was the only one marketing itself
predominantly to gay men.
Victoria's state human rights commission backed the ruling, saying it
was in line with equal opportunity guidelines defending the rights of
groups subject to discrimination.
Commission chief Helen Szoke said the hotel's gay clientele had
experienced harassment and violence. "(They) also have felt as though
they've been like a zoo exhibit with big groups of women on hens'
parties coming to the club," Szoke told reporters.
McFeely told the radio that the hotel had received homophobic
telephone calls since news of the ruling was made public.
Reuters
May 29, 2007
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