THE DAILY EXPRESS: THE hotel owners who this week were ordered to pay compensation to a gay couple for refusing them a room reveal the toll it has taken on their health and livelihood.With its chintz and plentiful knick-knacks, the Chymorvah hotel isn’t to everyone’s taste. Some might even call the place faded or old-fashioned, yet for the best part of 25 years it has ticked along quite nicely, thank you.
There’s no questioning the lovely setting and wonderful views over St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, while a stream of repeat bookings are testament to the hospitality on offer behind the lace curtains. The Chymorvah’s amiable owners, Hazelmary and Peter Bull, would like to be renowned for the warmth of their welcome and her treacle suet puddings.
Instead, at a time of life when they have one eye on retirement, the couple have become unlikely standard bearers for traditional Christian values.
For years the Bulls have openly operated a policy of allowing only married couples to share a bed in the seven-bedroom hotel in Marazion, near Penzance, that is also their home.
However, this week Peter, 70, and Hazelmary, 66, were ordered to pay £3,600 compensation for “hurt and embarrassment” caused to a gay couple who were refused a double room. >>> Adrian Lee | Saturday, January 22, 2011
