[nagdu] weird article about discrimination

Julie J julielj at windstream.net
Mon Apr 26 17:54:52 UTC 2010


Not a joke.  This is an Associated Press article.  I heard it on the radio 
this morning.

It takes all sorts to make the world go 'round...or something.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Osborn" <chapalacheryl at gmail.com>
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> 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 
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>> Of Toni Eames
>> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 12:28 PM
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>> Subject: [nagdu] weird article about discrimination
>>
>>
>>>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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