A Melbourne hotel that promotes itself primarily to gay men has won the legal right to ban straights from its bars. Supposedly this was done to keep the primary clientele from being threatened by the straight men. "If I can limit the number of heterosexuals entering the Peel, then that helps me keep the safe balance," the hotel owner, Tom McFeely, told Australian radio.

Why is this alright? Why would a sane judge think this is a good idea? If the hotel management actually wanted to help its patrons, they'd throw out anyone who wasn't treating people with respect.

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