[hotelhyatt]

In England we have the Equality Act 2006 which makes it unlawful to (amongst many other things) refuse goods and services on the grounds of sexual orientation. Very recently, a Christian woman, a Mrs Wilkinson, who runs a bed and breakfast business at her home turned away a male homosexual couple who had booked a room with a double bed (Mrs Wilkinson not knowing when one of the men made the booking that it was for a male homosexual couple). Mrs Wilkinson has been reported to the police, and the outcome is awaited.

Orthodox Christians could well find themselves in such a dilemma (assuming there is a dilemma). Suppose you are in Mrs Wilkinson's position; or, for example, you run a printing business, you receive an order to print leaflets or posters which promote homosexual activity. As I understand it, aiding others to sin is a way of participating in their sin; would providing a double bed to a homosexual couple (whether or not in the course of one's business) be a way of sinning? I ask the question: should you as an Orthodox Christian act as Mrs Wilkinson did, or, in the example posed, ought you to refuse the order, knowing, in both instances, that you will be acting unlawfully?