Leeuwarden - The owner of a garden center who declined an intern last year because he is gay, has been fined 1,600 euros, of which 800 euros probation.
That decided the district court of Leeuwarden. According to the court has been made clear that the Christian owner trainee Bas van der Meer refused because of his sexuality.
The 42-year-old owner was not present at the session. He explained a statement confessing to the police. ,, I know I discriminate, but this is for me a matter of conscience, '' he told the agents.
In addition to the fine must also Henry B. damages of 1500 euros to the victim, Bas van der Meer, pay.
Van der Meer received in February all equal of the Board for the Protection of Human Rights that there has been discrimination.
In late November he received a strange email from the garden company in which he was rejected at the last minute because he was openly gay. Bass caught because of the discrimination at the bell. The Board for the Protection of Human Rights reported that the garden company should not refuse the student.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/ Photo: Jos Schuurman
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