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divdiv class=story-body readability=13 span class=story-date#13; span class=date27 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time05:16 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The owners of a Christian guesthouse who were ordered to pay damages for turning away a gay couple have lost their UK Supreme Court fight./p#13; pHazelmary and Peter Bull refused to let civil partners Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall stay in a double room at Chymorvah House in Marazion in Cornwall in 2008./p#13; pMr and Mrs Bull had already lost fights at Bristol County Court and at the Court of Appeal. /p#13; pThe couple regard any sex outside marriage as a sin./p#13; pThe Bulls denied discriminating against Mr Hall and Mr Preddy, who are from Bristol./p#13; pSixty-nine-year-old Mrs Bull and her 74-year-old husband said their decision was founded on a religiously-informed judgment of conscience./p#13; pFive Supreme Court justices ruled against them on Wednesday after analysing the case at a hearing in London in October./p#13; pIn 2011, a judge at Bristol County Court concluded that the Bulls had acted unlawfully and ordered them to pay a total of £3,600 damages./p#13; pThe following year the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Bulls following a hearing in London./p#13; pThe couple had asked the Supreme Court to overrule the Court of Appeal./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center