Jacksons Jottings
Jacksons Jottings, April, 2010-04-08
I wouldn't know whether Chris Grayling, shadow Home Secretary prefers a shower to a bath: but he's certainly got himself into hot water with his latest utterances.
And if my voice counted for anything, I, too, would be in a neighbouring bathroom, soaking!
Whatever may be said about the rights and wrongs of the proposed situation - bed-and-breakfast people with certain principles turning away those who differ fundamentally - it must surely come down to respecting each other's rights.
I take a Biblical view of homosexual practices: that they are degrading, and against God's law. Therefore, I can't respect what they get up to, but I have to respect them as people. No problem! Except, that I do wonder as to whether "Gay" people respect "Straight" people. By what I can hear, I don't think they do. And, isn't it some kind of admission when they call us hetrosexuals "Straight"? What's the opposite of straight? (I'll leave my reader to answer that one!)
Another question: this time for me to answer. What would I do if an obviously gay couple came to my B-&-B door? If I was able, I would offer them accommodation in separate rooms! What they do outside my premises is up to them. What they do under my roof, in my bedroom is definitely my affair. They can take it or leave it, but I couldn't have been blamed for turning them away.
I wonder, Chris Grayling, would that have been the better course?