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SC couple turned away from hotel: 'We do not rent to gay people'

by: Pam Spaulding

Wed Mar 28, 2007 at 20:00:00 PM EDT


"We were inquiring about the price, deposits, extra person fee, and she asked who the room was going to be for, and I said for my partner and I. She said, 'Oh we don't rent to multiple people of the same sex.' I said, so you don't rent to gay couples? She said, 'No, we don't rent to gay people at all.'"
-- Jason Pickel, describing his interaction with a room agent at a Sumter, SC Affordable Suites of America
No kids, no pets, no homos allowed. If you're traveling in NC, SC or Virginia, don't bother stopping at Affordable Suites. (WLTX, which also has video):
"She wasn't discreet about it," said Jason Pickel, referring to a hotel employee. "She was not apologetic. She just said, 'We do not rent to gay people.'"

For the past two and a half years, Pickel and Darren Black Bear have been in a committed relationship. During a search for a temporary home, the couple says it went to Affordable Suites of America, a long-term stay hotel located on Gion Street in Sumter.

...News19 contacted the hotel, posing as a potential renter, and inquired about two men staying in the same room. The receptionist who answered the phone told us the following: "Our policy is we don't rent to two people of the same sex if we only have one bed." "Is that your policy," we asked. "That's corporate policy because they only have one sleeping area." We then asked, "Okay, but they can't share the bed?" "I suppose they could, but most men don't want to," she said.

When the station called the owner of the hotel to get some clarity on the matter, Carroll Atkisson said that it wasn't about discriminating against homos, there was a big confusion -- it was simply about "trying to stop two single people from being in the same bed."

Oh, I see, so a single man and woman aren't allowed to sleep in one of their king beds at Affordable Suites either? How do they know that they are single? Are they afraid of fornication? Needless to say, Pickel and Black Bear are considering legal action.

Unfortunately this is SC we're talking about, the chosen home of the Christian Exodus movement (it plans to secede from the U.S. and form a Christian nation). There's not a law that prevents discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The article notes that there is a measure in the state senate that would address this (and gender identity), but I bet it will have a difficult time passing.

The contact page for Affordable Suites is here.

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Two men or two women
sleep in the same bed all the time -- as in poor students going to out of town conventions.

This apparent flat-out discrimination needs to be publicized far and wide.  Major parallels to the racial civil rights struggles in the south (especially) in the 1950s.  So not cook, so not OK.


single people???
In other words, you have to get married to sleep in the same bed in their hotel, but since queers can't get married because we told them they can't and even voted on it, then the damn queers are just SOL.

See what kind of rights married people get???

It used to be the fountains for blacks now it's the hotel rooms for queers.

I'm just waiting for the signs to go up at my local Motel 6.


Domestic Partnership Is the Answer
That'll fix bigots!  You just wave that Domestic Partnership certificate in that hillbilly lady's face, that'll fix her and you'll get equal treatment.
Er... or civil unions, that's the ticket.  Or- how 'bout adults legally adopting each other.  See, there are ways.  Real marriage?  Gosh, I'm still on my journey.  Gotta be honest, I'm just not there yet.  I'll leave that for others to conclude. 

=>The truth usually isn't pretty. Don't blame me for telling it.<=

totally weird
I remember sharing hotel beds with lots of guys (usually 4 to a room w/ 2 double beds) in college because we'd travel and were too poor to get extra rooms. I was usually the only gay one, but the straight guys i travelled with were cool. I tried every now and then to claim "gay man's bed privilege" and spout off about how gay men are predatory and will grope other guys in their sleep to try to get a bed to myself... but my straight guy friends were too advanced for that. :)

So yeah these hotel people just don't like the gays.


Manager, People Are Having Carnal Relations in This Dump!
"Carroll Atkisson said that it wasn't about discriminating against homos"

I was going to say these Kracker bigots outta open a dictionary and look up "discriminating" but then they don't read books they burn 'em. Given time and casting off their noble restraints, they'll be burning people too, you know who too.

As for South Carolina, if it secedes again, next time let the door bang its ass.


Sharing rooms
My family loves road trips. Which means two adult males and two teenaged girls checking into a single room with two double beds on a regular basis on our trips.

Quite honestly, I worry a bit every time we do so, because, y'know, on the face of it, this does seem a little creepy. But, five years with this going on, not one motel registrar has ever questioned this arrangement.

I always wonder what the check-in clerks are thinking. Would it be weird for those registering us to know that the two men share a bed (sleeping, only sleeping, honest, with the kids in the same room as us), while the kids sleep together in the other? Or are they envisioning a more heterosexual mix? No clue.

In SC, would the adult males sleeping in the same room as the minor females give us adequate cover, under which to rent a room?

Les


ENDA needs to be extended
to include public accommodations and housing. I could understand the incremental approach when ENDA was first introduced but not now. I doubt that it will make any practical difference in whether it passes or whether Bush would sign it. Certainly after 2008, if a Democrat is elected president and we retain (and increase) the Democratic majority in both houses, we should demand a comprehensive civil rights bill that also includes credit, insurance, the whole nine yards.

What about...
"Our policy is we don't rent to two people of the same sex if we only have one bed."

So does this mean they wouldn't let me share a room with my sister, like we did when we were traveling last summer. What about a father and adult son? Mother and daughter?

Or do they just draw the line at homos of the same sex?


Unfortunate
This is very unfortunate.  I am glad the news channel brought attention to the matter.  Jason and Darren should move to New England or come to South Florida (Broward) where the likelihood of such discrimination is far less likely.  SC is right up there with Virginia. 

Newton, Massachusetts

These folks are pretty weird...
From their own website, they don't tale kids at all either. Suites not so sweet afterall.

I'd boycott them but they're only in states where I have no plans to visit anytime soon anyway.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I make a reservation?

NO. We do not take Reservations. Just call the location where you want to stay. Our staff will be happy to help in any manner possible.

Can I bring my dog?

No. We love pets, but we do not allow them as guests.

How about my kids?

We are glad to allow children as visitors only. Our properties are all-adult and a maximum of two people per suite.

So, I can't pile my buddies in the room and allow them to sleep on the floor?

No.


Who else don't they rent to?
This story is important because there are many people who think equal rights are available to all, so legislation on these matters is unnecessary.  Those are the people who tell us that the proposed Equal Rights Amendment is not needed.  Those people are very much mistaken.

Conundrum
What if Liza Minnelli and David Gest had applied?  On one hand, they...

Well, you get the idea.

=>The truth usually isn't pretty. Don't blame me for telling it.<=


Southerner by birth
I was born in SC, but this is why I live in Chicago.

touch of racism too?
Black Bear not only has a Native name, but looks the part too. I wonder what the hoteliers would do with a mixed race pair of college age students claiming to be heading down for one of the spring break debaucheries, as opposed to white pair of college students heading for the same sort of trouble.

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