[nagdu] weird article about discrimination

[Cheryl Osborn]

Sounds like a joke to me.  There aught to be a law against people like that.

On 4/26/10, Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org> wrote:
> I got this from a friend and so wanted to post it. it is unbelievable  now
> dogs are being denied access due to orientation? Glad they have a don't ask
> don't tail policy in this country. lol.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Toni Eames
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 12:28 PM
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> Subject: [nagdu] weird article about discrimination
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>>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.
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