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Related: About this forumGay Couple Reportedly Asked To Leave Westfield Mall For Kissing, Holding Hands (VIDEO)
I'm really tired of having to endure this crap of often a backward society. It is getting better, but it's got aways to go.
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Gay Couple Kicked Out Mall
A gay couple was kicked out of a California mall after they were reprimanded for kissing and holding hands. (KTXL)
A gay couple was reportedly kicked out of a California mall for kissing and holding hands, even though the center's staff apparently do not prohibit straight couples from showing similar public displays of affection.
According to Fox's KTXL in Sacramento, Daniel Chesmore and Jose Guzman were told to leave the Westfield Galleria in Roseville, Calif., on March 2 after a security guard reprimanded them. KTXL also reported that a guard claimed "any couple" displaying affection could be reprimanded.
However, when a reporter from the station went undercover at the mall, she saw straight couples embracing in the same manner without any repercussions. And though a mall representative later told the network that people who violate the Code of Conduct are asked to leave the property, KTXL couldn't find any mention of kissing and holding hands in the guidelines.
A gay couple was kicked out of a California mall after they were reprimanded for kissing and holding hands. (KTXL)
A gay couple was reportedly kicked out of a California mall for kissing and holding hands, even though the center's staff apparently do not prohibit straight couples from showing similar public displays of affection.
According to Fox's KTXL in Sacramento, Daniel Chesmore and Jose Guzman were told to leave the Westfield Galleria in Roseville, Calif., on March 2 after a security guard reprimanded them. KTXL also reported that a guard claimed "any couple" displaying affection could be reprimanded.
However, when a reporter from the station went undercover at the mall, she saw straight couples embracing in the same manner without any repercussions. And though a mall representative later told the network that people who violate the Code of Conduct are asked to leave the property, KTXL couldn't find any mention of kissing and holding hands in the guidelines.
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Gay Couple Reportedly Asked To Leave Westfield Mall For Kissing, Holding Hands (VIDEO) (Original Post)
RKP5637
Mar 2013
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TDale313
(7,820 posts)1. Sigh. I guess I'm naive.
My first reaction is "How is this shit still happening in 2013 in my beloved California?!?"
Swamp Lover
(431 posts)2. If the 'rule" is consistently applied to straight and gay, then fine.
If, as the story suggests, the gay couple was singled out, the mall should be expected to apologize and change behaviour.
TlalocW
(15,384 posts)3. Lucky couple
*sniff sniff* I smell laaaaaawsuuuuuit!
TlalocW
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)4. Yep. That mall will be paying their bills for the rest of their lives.
And that is as it should be.