A Melbourne gay bar has been granted an exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act in a landmark ruling which will allow security to refuse entry to heterosexuals.
VCAT deputy president Cate McKenzie claimed that allowing straight men and women into the club would defeat the purpose of the venue.
"This would undermine or destroy the atmosphere which the company wishes to create," McKenzie said.
So I guess that the gay community would be entirely supportive of a ban on homosexuals being permitted entry into heterosexual bars and clubs? I mean, all those gay people might spoil the straight atmosphere, right? And of course by the same logic, some clubs or bars could ban women, blacks, or whatever group they wanted simply because to allow them entry might spoil some intangible "atmosphere". But of course, no one would even consider such actions- it seems that homosexuals are legally permitted to be intolerant. The article also seems to imply that not only straight women but lesbian women too are banned.
I guess that homosexual men are more special than the rest of the Australian population who have to, you know, provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.
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