[nagdu] weird article about discrimination

[Toni Eames]

>Gay dog' refused entry to Australian restaurant
>(AFP) – 1 day ago
>SYDNEY — An Australian restaurant that refused a 
>blind man enntry 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 1,500 dollars (1,400 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.