Man brutally beaten for kissing his boyfriend in Burger King (VIDEO)

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Jordan Schaeffer was attacked after kissing his boyfriend outside the restaurant.

Jordan Schaeffer can be seen walking in to Burger King after apparently kissing his partner while queuing to order food.

Although many may see this as a sweet gesture, a fellow customer took offence.

Man brutally beaten for kissing his boyfriend in Burger King (VIDEO)

On the video, the disgruntled homophobe can be seen walking out of the toilets, before approaching Schaeffer and dishing out vile abuse.

The 25-year-old claims the man shouted at him: “Why don’t you show if you’re tough or not you little faggot’”.

The attacker then flies at Schaeffer and slams his body on the ground.

Shocked onlookers fail to intervene as the pair roll around on the floor in the fast food restaurant.

Schaeffer, from LA, is then locked in a chokehold with the man’s thighs squeezing his head amid a flurry of punches.

The brawl eventually ends and the attacker brazenly strolls away from the scene towards the camera.

Schaeffer was left with cuts and bruises after the vicious attack at around 3am on March 14.

“Even just talking about it makes me uncomfortable. We’re in 2016 and especially in a city like Miami Beach, where I thought being homosexual would be pretty accepted, it’s just not right that anyone should suffer,” he told NBC.

“It was just a simple kiss with my boyfriend. And then right after that kiss, I started walking over and that’s when I was approached by this gentleman.

“He then started to use derogatory terms such as ‘f*cking faggots’.

Man brutally beaten for kissing his boyfriend in Burger King (VIDEO)

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“‘Why don’t you show if you’re tough or not you little faggot.’

“It all happened so fast once I got slammed to the ground. It’s just kind of a blur,” he continued.

Although he was left bruised and bleeding, he says the biggest injury was “the emotional trauma”.

“We were going to Miami for a relaxing weekend and it was traumatising, to be honest.”

Attorney Douglas Ede added: “We believe this was a hate crime against Jordan because of his sexual orientation.”

Miami Beach Police are hunting two men – one of whom may have had martial arts training – who appear to be involved.

See the attack below:

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