She couldn’t hide her disgust. She told me, ‘We can’t allow people like you in here,’ and said gay marriage was against her beliefs. I told her she was entitled to her beliefs but gay marriage was now legal. She just said she was the owner so she could say and do as she liked. She then told us marriage should be between one man and one woman only – not two men like us, or two women. The woman just ushered us out, as her wedding planner stood there utterly embarrassed and in disbelief.

John Devaney, from Baillieston in Glasgow, who claims a luxury hotel on Loch Lomond refused to consider hosting his wedding because he and his partner are gay. The hotel released a statement firmly denying the Devaneys’ allegations, describing them as false and “seriously defamatory” claims that had led to a surge in abusive calls to the hotel.