SHIELD ready to assemble on the small screen

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is coming to the small screen. That's right, ABC has picked up Marvel's first TV series, which focuses on a small group of agents from the worldwide law-enforcement agency known as SHIELD. They investigate the strange and unknown in an effort to protect the public. The network also picked up 11 other series, including Super Fun Night (which stars Rebel Wilson) and The Goldbergs. But enough about that because Pakistanis headed to the polls today in an election that will mark the first transition between civilian governments in the nation's 66-year history. The election is a rarity for the young nation which, in its short existence, has experienced three military coups, been ruled by generals for half its life, and remains mired in political turmoil. But all that might change one day. Speaking of change, there is one accommodation provider in New Zealand that needs to loosen its uptight morals which are more befitting of Texas. The offending accommodation is a place in Whangarei called Pilgrim Planet Lodge. A lesbian couple were turned away from said guesthouse after it refused to let them share a bed. Jane Collison and Paula Knight made an online booking for a room with a king-sized bed at the Pilgrim Planet Lodge. But when they arrived on Tuesday, they were told only rooms with single beds were available. When they queried the booking, the owner eventually told them the booking was correct, but she was offended by same-sex couples sleeping in the same bed. She would not even let them push two singles together, so they had to go somewhere else. Seriously, people, this is not on. It is illegal under the Human Rights Act to discriminate against someone in the provision of goods and services because of their sexual orientation. Lesbians are people too.