Declaration of orientation: best to be sure
Vredenburg
South Africa: Morne Stickling said his partner, Johan de Klerk, had booked a night at the luxury Villa Vita Nouva guesthouse by email, and sent a final email asking for a king-size bed and confirming the couple's arrival time."Please note, I hope you are a gay-friendly guesthouse," De Klerk stated in his email.
Villa Vita Nouva owner Marion Botha responded: "We are certainly not gay-friendly, this is a Christian household. We have never had a gay couple staying in the house and we prefer to keep it that way. We hereby cancel this order and exercise our right of admission."
The West Coast town's municipal manager, Hendrik Snyders, says this "isolated" incident does not suggest the town is homophobic.
The region's tourism head, Andre Kruger, says "all visitors" are welcome.
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South Africa: Morne Stickling said his partner, Johan de Klerk, had booked a night at the luxury Villa Vita Nouva guesthouse by email, and sent a final email asking for a king-size bed and confirming the couple's arrival time."Please note, I hope you are a gay-friendly guesthouse," De Klerk stated in his email.Villa Vita Nouva owner Marion Botha responded: "We are certainly not gay-friendly, this is a Christian household. We have never had a gay couple staying in the house and we prefer to keep it that way. We hereby cancel this order and exercise our right of admission."
The West Coast town's municipal manager, Hendrik Snyders, says this "isolated" incident does not suggest the town is homophobic.
The region's tourism head, Andre Kruger, says "all visitors" are welcome.
full story
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