By Steve Doughty and Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 07:08 EST, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 19:42 EST, 27 November 2013 A judge has said the rights of two Christian B&B owners to bar a gay couple from sharing a room were outweighed by the need to  correct ‘centuries of discrimination’ against gay people. The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the claim by Peter and Hazelmary Bull that they acted within the law when they refused a room to Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall because they were not a heterosexual married couple. The decision ends a five-year legal battle that began when Mr Preddy and Mr Hall, backed by the Government’s Equality and Human Rights Commission, took the Bulls to court under equality laws.
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Guesthouse owners Peter Bull, 74, and his wife Hazelmary, 69, turned away Martyn Hall and his civil partner Steven Preddy
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Bulls said they thought that any sex outside marriage was 'a sin' - and denied discriminating against Mr Hall and Mr Preddy
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Couple had previously lost fights in County Court and the Court of Appeal
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Now five Supreme Court justices have ruled against them
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