In late January, it became clear that another Christian B&B owner, Susanne Wilkinson, is to be taken to court following an allegation of discrimination by a homosexual couple.
Michael Black, and Liberal Democrat councillor John Morgan, are claiming that they were discriminated against under sexual discrimination law after being turned away from a B&B in Cookham, Berkshire on March 19 2010. They have launched legal proceedings against Susanne Wilkinson, the Christian owner of the B&B, to ‘make sure that people can’t break the sexual discrimination act and get away with it’.
Mrs. Wilkinson invited Mr. Black and Mr. Morgan into the guesthouse before explaining courteously why she could not offer them the room. She insisted that she was not homophobic and would have offered two single rooms, but the guest house was fully booked. Her husband Francis explained politely that it was a question of living by their faith and that it was against their Christian faith to allow them to share a bed.
