Police have spoken to the proprietor of a New Forest Bed and Breakfast after parish councillors complained that his sign, which read ‘poofters welcome here’, was offensive.
The sign was placed outside the New Forest Bed and Breakfast in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, apparently in response to a court ruling, which stated that a Christian husband and wife had acted unlawfully when they refused to allow a homosexual couple to stay at their guesthouse in Cornwall.
Mike Saqui, who runs the Penny Farthing Hotel on the main route through the village, has become well -known locally for posting light-hearted and topical comments on his sign, but some parish councillors clearly felt that on this occasion he had gone too far.
Councillor Mark Rolle told a meeting of the council that he found the sign offensive saying: “The realms of decency were overstepped – we could be branded a village of bigots.”
However, Councillor Leonard Cornell stepped in to defend the New Forest Bed and Breakfast, saying: “It’s
