South African Villa Denies Gay Couples
South Africa may have the world’s most progressive constitution, but some of its inhabitants stick to their unconstitutional guns. A “luxury” villa denied two men accommodation for their gay ways.
Morne Stickling said his partner, Johan de Klerk, had booked a night at the luxury Villa Vita Nouva guesthouse by email, and sent a final email asking for a king-size bed and confirming the couple’s arrival time.“Please note, I hope you are a gay-friendly guesthouse,” De Klerk stated in his email.
Villa Vita Nouva owner Marion Botha responded: “We are certainly not gay-friendly, this is a Christian household. We have never had a gay couple staying in the house and we prefer to keep it that way. We hereby cancel this order and exercise our right of admission.”
Now Stickling and de Klerk may exercise their judicial rights and sue big-mouthed Botha, who, of course, had “no comment” on the story.
“We are certainly not gay-friendly, this is a Christian household.”
hmmmm… I wonder what Christ would think of that statement.
Naturally I think that in 2007 it’s horrible to discriminate against anyone, yet why would you want to go somewhere that you’re not wanted? If they don’t want you there no matter what the reason go somewhere else.
It wasn’t a case of simly going semwhere where you are not wanted. I happen to know this couple. They had to visit this small town for business with no time to waste and there is very little alternative accomodation available. Hopefully this case will go to the constitutional court and people in the hospitality industry will think twice about breaking the law and using religion as an excuse for bigotry