Rónán Mullen (Independent)

If I were a hotelier and refused to serve alcohol to someone because they were of a different sexual orientation from myself, it would make me a bigot and, as things stand, I would deserve to be targeted by equal status legislation. However, if I were a photographer and felt in conscience that I did not want to be involved in providing a service at, for example, a reception after a civil partnership ceremony, I think I would have a right to disassociate myself from it. I do not think my conscience should be coerced in a manner like that. Senator Norris, who is not here now, does not seem to realise that-----