Equality bill being processed urgently
Publication Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 11:34
The Chief Minister says an equality bill for the Island is being processed as quickly as possible.
Allan Bell has spoken out after a couple were refused a rental property on the grounds on their sexuality.
Laura Cull and Kira Izzard were turned down for a house in Ramsey after the landlord, a pastor at the Independent Methodist Church, discovered they were gay.
The pair have since set up a petition calling for the Equality Act 2010 to be implemented.
Allan Bell says the bill had been in the pipeline but had taken a backseat:
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