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No. I serve Christians and some Muslims in my pub and don’t believe they should be discriminated against. I would hope the law would punish me if I refused them service on religious grounds. I would expect them to be punished for refusing service in their businesses based on religious grounds.

Ok. I think catholic B and B owners should take unmarried couples. But I don’t think Jews should take holocaust deniers. I don’t think B and B owners should take armed robbers either, but you will no doubt say I am justifying discrimination by saying that.

Are you calling holocaust deniers a minority that needs protection from being discriminated against?

Because some people use their religion to discriminate and don’t like it when they are shown to be wrong. Then claim to be victims. Being forced to treat customers as equals is not a form of discrimination. It says a lot about their religion.

Yes. It is not discriminating against a certain group of people, but refusing a service to a person specifically because he is in effect insulting your family. That is different to a general discrimination against non Jewish people. Unless you are saying holocaust deniers have a right to be...

Well no because publishers can reject books and don’t have to give a reason. You may mean a printer, but I suspect you could justify that as it is a specific situation. David Irving has had problems finding publishers. Partly because of the negative image caused by printing his works. Holocaust...

Didn’t say that. Just said if you offer a service it should be the same for everyone.

If all B and Bs are not allowed to discriminate against gays, how come religious people see themselves as victims?

If, as I just said, a Döner shop doesn’t sell alcohol to anyone at all, it is not discrimination and the owner is practicing his beliefs. But, if someone offers a service to heterosexuals, but not to gays, then it is discrimination.

Tbf there are a lot of Muslim Döner shops here that don’t sell alcohol, but that is not the same as discrimination against people with duty free or against gays in a B and B because the offer is the same for everyone regardless of religion or sexual preference.

No, I am saying businesses shouldn’t be allowed to discriminate based on their religious beliefs.

A practicing Muslim probably wouldn’t give a toss what others do. Only a fanatical religious person would ban alcohol sale or not accept gays in a B and B. Vegans are not discriminating because of religion or sky wizards. They would be selling ethically produced food, which is a bit different...

Are you saying that forcing businesses not to discriminate is discrimination?

Everyone has the right to believe in fairies, unicorns or gods, but they shouldn’t have the right to refuse service to people who don’t believe in their fairies or base the refusal on what the supposed fairies or gods supposedly require of human beings. Ridiculous. What if a Saudi Wahabi muslim...

You seem to think sexual preference is ok to discriminate against, but not skin colour? It isn’t.

Wasn’t the £1 million the ground rent on the lease paid in advance?

No. Not if you are in business. I was discriminated against in the Caribbean. One time I was waiting for the dollar bus. It came and the driver said „white‘s don’t ride‘. Black people got on and I was left confused and angry. As I say, even if the guy didn’t like white people, he has no right to...

If I get discriminated against because my religious beliefs allow alcohol, I would be well pissed off standing in the rain whilst some jerk who believes in a fairy in the sky drives off in his taxi.

I don’t think so. Answer my question.

Do you agree with Somali taxi drivers at a US airport refusing to take passengers with duty free alcohol? Freedom of speech?