Christian homeowners ban couple from viewing dream £650,000 house ‘because they’re gay’
MailOnline.Luke and Lachlan, who have been together for eight years, are desperate to get their own place after being kept apart during the pandemic.Luke said: ‘We were separated during Covid, he was in America while I was here, we were forced apart. ‘Buying a house was something that we wanted to do for a long time.
But this was the only house we planned for a viewing. We were looking forward to going this weekend.‘Homophobia still exists, it is still out there.
I did not see it coming. I was blindsided by it. ‘Since I came out eight years ago I’ve not come across discrimination. I probably have been discriminated against but was just not aware of it.’He said he and Lachlan, who is originally from Australia, would now not buy or even view the house, even if the owners apologised following.‘We will look for something else now,’ he said.‘We are not going to let it affect us trying to buy a house.’Lachlan reported the exchange to Purple Bricks, which was advertising the cottage via Rightmove.Purplebricks has now apologised and stopped marketing the property, saying the owners’ comments are against its ‘views and values’.It added: ‘We’ll refund this seller’s fee as Purplebricks no longer wish to list it.’Contacted by MailOnline, builder Mr Main, 33, said he would have to discuss the matter with his wife, but added: ‘Not that we’re ashamed of what we said in any way.’Stonewall, a leading charity for the LGBT+ community has condemned the comments.Caitlyn Jenner slammed by charity after comments on trans swimmer Lia ThomasHomophobe stabbed woman in chest because one of her friends was bisexualLove Island 2022: ‘Non-binary applications accepted’ as bosses push for diversitySasha Misra, associate director of communications and.
