Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public
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Spotts1701 Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Join date : 2009-06-10 Age : 45 Location : New Vertiform City
Subject: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:02 pm
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Two gay men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster.
Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line. Police, though, contend that a business such as a restaurant can refuse service to anybody, any time.
Okay I suppose you could make that argument...
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The five men, all gay, were placing their order at the Chico's Tacos restaurant on Montwood when the men kissed. All five sat down, but the two guards at the restaurant told them to leave.
De Leon quoted one of the guards as saying he didn't allow "that faggot stuff" in the restaurant.
Wait...what?
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De Leon said the officer told the group it was illegal for two men or two women to kiss in public. The five men, he said, were told they could be cited for homosexual conduct -- a law the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 2003 in Lawrence v. Texas.
That same year, the El Paso City Council approved an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation by businesses open to the public.
I have a feeling someone's in trouble, and it isn't the kissing couple.
Maximilia My spoon is too big.
Join date : 2009-06-10 Age : 51 Location : South Dakota
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:11 pm
Wow, what is it with all this racist/ageist/sexist/whatever-ist stuff coming up all of a sudden in the news?
Lady Anne NO NOT THE BEEEEES
Join date : 2009-06-12 Age : 48 Location : The land of the fruits and nuts
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:36 pm
Next the restaurant owners will say it's about safety.
theweirdkind Bastion of Sanity
Join date : 2009-06-03 Age : 34 Location : The Land of Strangeness
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:41 pm
I was wondering if this was going to pop up here.
I would love to see what the management's excuse will be.
KGarrett Sporkbender
Join date : 2009-07-07 Age : 1014 Location : New York, aka the most boring state there is.
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:09 pm
At least they're getting in trouble for it, though. It'd be even more worrying if blatant discrimination like this were just allowed to slip under the radar.
Narwhal Shitgobbling pissdrinker
Join date : 2009-06-10
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:59 pm
They were changing the complexion of the taco joint.
Aggie Armbiter of Good Fanfiction
Join date : 2009-06-11
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:59 am
Narwhal wrote:
They were changing the complexion of the taco joint.
You. One Internet. Have it.
Seule My Mescaline
Join date : 2009-06-11 Age : 32 Location : Tea & Castle Land
Subject: Re: Male couple threatened with arrest for kissing in public Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:53 pm
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