Sentences with phrase «discriminate against gay couples»

An American court has unanimously upheld a ruling and a $ 135,000 fine that two Christian bakery owners discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to make them a wedding cake almost five years ago.

it's funny the hot button topics on religion get hundreds of posts; the one about the catholic churuch discriminating against a gay couple get two pages of posts.

The Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by a Christian bed and breakfast owner, upholding the decision that she unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to provide them with a double bedroom.

The Christian owner of a B&B in Berkshire was found to have discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to allow them stay in a double - bedded room because of her belief that all sexual activity outside of marriage is wrong.

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One of the main arguments used by advocates of gay «marriage» is that the current definition of marriage (as pertaining exclusively to man and woman) breaches the principle of equality and thus discriminates against same sex couples.

Backed by gay rights groups, Golinski sued the government, arguing that DOMA discriminates against legally married same - sex couples by depriving them of the same rights, from health benefits to tax status, as heterosexual couples.

As a gay couple who have been together for almost 20 years we know what it is like to be discriminated against.

In Preddy v Bull [2013] UKSC 73 the Supreme Court upheld the claim that the owners of a private hotel had discriminated unlawfully against a gay couple by allowing only married couples to occupy a room with a double bed.