Gay dogs not welcome, diner in South Australia told


Strange | 207142 hits | Apr 26 2:31 pm | Posted by: snookums
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A restaurant in a northwest suburb of Adelaide that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was "gay" was ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500.

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  1. by Schnek
    Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:12 pm
    I thought this was going to be an "Onion News" story when I read the headline. Some stories are just TOO ridiculous.

  2. by avatar Brenda
    Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:26 pm
    OMFG, and nobody thinks that "guide" was misheard for "gay"? Holy shit. I don't know who I am more pissed at. The blind guy for not understanding that there might just have been a language barrier, or the restaurant owners for not speaking English correctly, or even not caring about "gay dogs".

  3. by avatar xerxes
    Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:30 pm
    I guess it just goes to prove that reality can be more ridiculous than anyone could ever come up with.

  4. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:38 pm
    "The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," a statement from the hearing said.


    And now for all you gentlemen that had vasectomies in the 90's. 8O

  5. by avatar andyt
    Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:45 am
    If it was a gay dog, the speciesist laws that only protect humans would prevent him from filing a human rights complaint for homophobia. We have a log way to go to prevent all discrimination. Why should gay dogs be freely discriminated against.

    The people at the restaurant just didn't want to admit a guide dog, and tried to take refuge in the old "me no speaka da Engrish" ploy.

  6. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:39 am
    10 years from now the term "stupid" in the dictionary will be defined by this story.

  7. by avatar QBall
    Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:40 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    10 years from now the term "stupid" in the dictionary will be defined by this story.


    I think the people at Oxford and Collins are quickly scrambling to change the definition now. :lol:

  8. by avatar BluesBud
    Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:24 pm
    My dog is not gay but he is very happy and friendly. Would he be welcomed? :mrgreen:



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