London again bans ads for Sandals' straights-only resorts
After complaints from gay groups and others, London Mayor Ken Livingstone has again barred Sandals from advertising its "couples" hotels. The firm ran a four-week, campaign this year on the Tube, offering vacations for its "romantic, mixed-sex couples only" resorts. Sandals, whose slogan "Love is all you need" is seen as bitterly ironic by gays, has already been criticized for its discriminatory policy. Complaints about its stance led Barclaycard to drop the firm from its promotions. "London Underground agreed it is not acceptable for a company with such an openly discriminatory policy to advertise on public transport in this city," says the mayor. Barbara Roche, the former equalities minister, says: "If they had a policy banning black couples or Jewish couples, they wouldn't be allowed to get away with it. Why should they with gay couples?" For its part, Sandals issued a completely irrelevant statement we won't bother with here. Independent
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