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Christian B&B owners ordered to pay gay couple $4,500 in damages

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GRAND FORKS, British Columbia , July 19, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Christian owners of a bed and breakfast in British Columbia have been ordered to pay around $4,500 in damages after they refused to rent a room to a homosexual couple. Brian Thomas and Shaun Eadie had reserved a room at the Riverbend B&B in Grand Forks in June 2009, but owners Les and Susan Molnar cancelled the reservation after realizing they were homosexual. Was this another sting like Stonewall in the UK? Most likely! Shaun Eadie and Brian Thomas “To allow a gay couple to share a bed in my Christian home would violate my Christian beliefs and would cause me and my wife great distress,” Lee explained in tribunal documents. Thomas and Eadie filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal , which ruled in their favour on Tuesday. Tribunal member Enid Marion  ordered  the Molnars to “ cease and desist the discriminatory conduct,” though they closed the B&B down in September 20...

Elderly B&B couple still in limbo after refusing lodgings to 2 homosexual men

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Image via Wikipedia KELOWNA, British Columbia , October 20, 2011 – A complaint by two homosexual men , who say they were “ discriminated against” when an elderly retired couple refused them lodgings at their Bed & Breakfast (B&B) in 2009, was heard by B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal yesterday.  Smith, the Molnar’s lawyer, told LifeSiteNews that a decision had not been reached yesterday, and that it might take until the new year. “All of the evidence is in and the arguments have been made and Madame Chair Enid Marion has reserved [judgment],” he said. “She indicated to us that they are very backed up and short of staff and she is going to do her best but it could be two to three months.” In June of 2009, Shaun Eadie and Brian Thomas, two homosexual males, made reservations by phone at the Riverbend B&B in Grand Forks , B.C. operated by Les and Susan Molnar in their own home. After Mr. Molnar learned that Mr. Eadie and Mr. Thomas were two  Image via Wikipedia ...

Gay couple file complaint

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Image via Wikipedia A homosexual man has filed human rights complaints against two bed and breakfasts in Illinois after they refused to let out their premises for a civil union ceremony between the man and his sexual partner. Illinois Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new law allowing marriage-like privileges for homosexual couples on January 31, and the law is set to take effect in June. “We have received a complaint. We are investigating whether or not it is a violation,” said Robyn Ziegler, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s Office , according to The Telegraph. The owner of the first B&B, the Beall Mansion of Alton, Ill., had told the complainant, Todd Wathen of Mattoon, IL , that they only let out their premises for weddings .  The Christian owners of the second, Jim and Beth Walder of TimberCreek Bed and Breakfast of Paxton, had a similar response. In the course of e-mail correspondence with Jim Walder, Wathen argued: “starting June 1st, a civil union is a w...