Comments on: Gay men ejected from Texas restaurant for kissing

By: Brianne

Brianne — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:45:59 +0000

I agree with Raul

By: Brianne

Brianne — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:44:38 +0000

Don't blame Texas, in places like Dallas and Fortworth, gays and lesbians are accepted. there's places like this restraunt all over the world. It's the reastraunt people at fault, not Texas.

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By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:41:24 +0000

Nothing funner then suing bigots.

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By: someone

someone — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:12:22 +0000

@raul – i can back that up, i've been to el paso, it never struck me as a homophobic place at all. you can find bad apples anywhere – something quite similar happened not too long ago in a supermarket in my part of the UK.

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By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:00:05 +0000

Good-by Kissing Cousins, I Love you All!!!!

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By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:51:16 +0000

Eddy,
Try pulling your head out of Simon Murphy's arse occasionally, but no, that would be a laugh if you did!

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By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:45:39 +0000

Eddy,
Try pulling your head out of Simon Murphy's Arse ocasioally, but that would be a laugh if you did!

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By: Eddy

Eddy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:27:15 +0000

Simon Murphy to Brian Burton, #18, "But you live in a christian nursing home don't you?" Simon, that repost caused me to erupt with loud laughter! A good quip – with a touch of truth to it! (I hope Brian takes the point, but I notice on another thread he's just left for The United Reformed Church with his partner, where presumably they wouldn't dare to even hold hands!)

John Corvino, #11, thanks very much for your account of your similar run-in with homophobic officers in Texas. Though you had the strength and conviction to go through with making a formal complaint, it's clear the situation must have been highly disturbing and upsetting, as you admit. You handled it very well, and probably because of your constant application to the gay rights business. With reference to another thread that's getting a lot of comments here at PinkNews at the moment, if it hadn't been you but a couple of gay guys who had chosen instead to respond to those troopers with high-camp theatrics, I doubt if the situation would have been panned out anywhere near as well!

Click here to read John's account of how he dealt effectively with homophobic Texas troopers

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By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:42:07 +0000

It's great reading all the posts on this thread. All different and I would hope so. If we all agreed on everything, what a bore!

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By: Bentham

Bentham — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:07:52 +0000

RobN:

Maybe I should have my eyeglasses changed, but I understood that it was the gay guys who called the police, not the restauraunt owners.

Also, where I'm from, straight people hug and peck anywhere, even while stopped at a red light. Jeez, it's a great thing for kids to see. It's bloody violence in sports that should be illegal and censored, not a harmless expression of love.

My opinion, of course :7)

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By: AdrianT

AdrianT — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:54:19 +0000

it's a burger bar Rob, not a mosque

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By: RobN

RobN — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:52:03 +0000

Well I for one fully support Brian Burton. There is a time and a place for everything, and I for one do not want to watch two people stuck to each others faces while I'm trying to eat my fucking dinner.

I understand it was wrong and totally OTT for the restaurant to call the police, but whether the couple were gay or straight, they should have been asked politely to cease and desist such lewd, provocative and disgusting acts in public. ;o)

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By: Bentham

Bentham — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:04:56 +0000

It may be a cultural thing, but there are places where a smack & a hug in public is common place. We're anot talking about hormone action here; a simple and spontaneous show of affection, that's all.

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By: AdrianT

AdrianT — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:02:58 +0000

John Corvino's article (#11) is excellent. Well done on getting justice in that case.

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By: Raul

Raul — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:59:57 +0000

Being a gay El Pasoan myself, I've never felt like I've been discriminated against because of my sexuality. I find this to be an isolated incident and don't think this reflects much on Texas being a homophobic state. Still, I hope the security guard, officer and police spokesman all get reprimanded for this!

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By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:52:35 +0000

I'm not crazy about anyone kissing in public, gay or straight, but this is outrageous. They need to sue the restaurant, sue the police department, and sue the outfit that provided the rent-a-cop. It's the only way these bastards will ever learn that they can't walk all over us with impunity anymore.

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By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:32:12 +0000

To Brian Burton ! IT WAS JUST A KISS ON THE LIP!, it wasn't like they were making out! you dumb fuck .

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By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:09:28 +0000

Ray from Texas,
Exactly, I do not think people here realise how vast Texas is in relation to Uk.
These Goonies will demand sex on resarant tables next, they have been named selfish Bastards by 'wiser council' over here and Boy, was he right!

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By: tony

tony — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:00:43 +0000

Thankfully in the UK if a restaurant tried this we have laws in place to ensyre they would get into serious trouble.

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By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:37:33 +0000

We should stage a demonstration where we all go down and kiss inside this taco shack.. Make it a destination for gays.. Add novelty to this place as a gay tourist stop for kissing.

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