Queerty: Best blog answer about phobes across the pond.

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Best Blog Reply of the Day.

As I was reading this rather annoying story from across the pond of yet more international phobes, I ran across a great reply at the bottom and :rofl: Reply No.3 isn't bad either. :P


The Castle of Mey was built by George, the 4th Earl of Caithness, for his second son William Sinclair. When visiting the family seat Girnigoe Castle in1573, William was murdered by his older brother John, who had been imprisoned there for about six years by his cruel father. John had been planning an escape but William found out about it and told their father. ( and they think Teh Gays are ruining the neighborhood? :rofl: )

http://www.queerty.com/british-hotel-bans-gay-sleepovers-while-scottish-castle-bans-gay-weddings-20090324/


First, an English hotel is sued by two patrons who claim they were refused a stay in a double room because they're gay. The owners, Peter and Hazelmary Bull, say their Christian beliefs have them banning any unmarried couple, gay or straight. But what about Scotland's Castle of Mey, home to the deceased Queen Mother, and its tradition of hosting wedding ceremonies? Sorry gays, but Christ has blocked you again!

While the Chymorvah Private Hotel's owners squabble over equal rights and religious freedom, it's the castle that's causing controversy just a land mass' hop away.

Caste of Mey's trustees >insist the Queen would've wanted her home to play host to only those wedding ceremonies performed by a priest or minister. That is, Christian weddings only. But given that the castle doesn't have a wedding license, and priests are independently licensed to perform the ceremonies, our kind aren't welcome. (The castle would have to apply for a wedding license, it appears. Boo hoo.)

Ironically, neither are some royals. Reports the Telegraph: "The decision would have prevented the Prince of Wales - who is president of the trustees - from marrying at a castle that has been in his family since the 1950s. The Prince, known in Scotland as the Duke of Rothesay, married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall."

Replies:

No. 2  Noah
Curious also that the castle left the family when George Sinclair (15th Earl of Caithness), who died having never married or procreated, willed it to his male friend, F G Heathcote "on condition that he change his name to Sinclair."

No. 3 · BradK
Fawlty Towers indeed. What Would Basil Do?

Well stroke my Corgey but I enjoyed that reply. :evilgrin: