Australians Discriminate Against Gay Dogs

[Andy9o8 3]

http://news.iafrica.com/quirky/2378861.htm

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'Gay dog' refused entry
[Ed: no pun intended, I'm sure]

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:29

An Australian restaurant that refused a blind man entry because a waiter thought his seeing-eye dog was "gay" has been ordered to apologise and pay compensation.

Ian Jolly was told he could not take guide dog Nudge into Adelaide's Thai Spice last May because a member of staff objected, The Sunday Mail reported.

The restaurant's owners said a misunderstanding had arisen between Jolly's female companion and a waiter who understood the woman "to be saying she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant".

"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the owners said in a statement to South Australia's Equal Opportunity Tribunal.

The tribunal on Friday ordered the restaurant to pay Jolly 1500 dollars (1400 US) and offer him a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of disability.

The restaurant, which displays a "guide dogs welcome" sign, refused to comment to the newspaper and was unavailable to respond on Sunday.

Jolly told the Sunday Mail he was happy with the result.

"I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal," he said.

[skinnay 0]

Gay, blind, same thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Y6PchDYfw

[billvon 3,133]

Wouldn't a "desexed" dog be asexual anyway? (I mean he'd still probably hump everyone's leg . . .)

[Andrewwhyte 1]

That's the best they could come up with eh?

[shropshire 0]

"Seeing-eye dog" stupid expression WTF is wrong with just "Guide Dog"? Bloody crazy foreigners

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[kallend 2,184]

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"Seeing-eye dog" stupid expression WTF is wrong with just "Guide Dog"? Bloody crazy foreigners

Since trained dogs are now used to assist people with other disabilities besides blindness (such as cerebral palsy, quadriplegics, amputees, etc) maybe "Service Dog" is better still.

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[regulator 0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-kdVgeR5o

[akarunway 1]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-kdVgeR5o

Fits my gay (LAB) to a tee.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Rstanley0312 1]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-kdVgeR5o

You beat me to it

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[regulator 0]

Well I guess that's better than fitting your (meth) Lab to a tee isn't it?

[riddler 0]

If South Africans would only learn to speak English with a proper American accent, the owner wouldn't have confused "guide dog" with "gay dog"

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[shropshire 0]

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Since trained dogs are now used to assist people with other disabilities besides blindness (such as cerebral palsy, quadriplegics, amputees, etc) maybe "Service Dog" is better still.

Um ... entirely different connotation there Sir

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[RackJR 0]

Where are the bible thumpers in this thread, condemning that dog to eternal suffering?

Say what you mean. Do what you say.

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