If you can't kiss your boyfriend in a taco joint, where can you kiss? Two dudes were just kicked out of some dump in El Paso, Texas for putting their lips together:
EL PASO -- 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.
In all, five men were ordered to leave the restaurant. They say they were forced out by homophobic guards.
"It was a simple kiss on the lips," said Carlos Diaz de Leon, a gay man who was part of the group.
El Paso has a law banning discrimination like this, so it looks like Chico's will be facing a lawsuit. I hope they get taken for the whole enchilada (SORRY!). And, surprise, Texas police are proven to be bigots, again.
That being said, anyone who feels the need to eat in a restaurant that employs security guards probably has a lot more to worry about than just being asked to leave.
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Posted by: Colorado Candyman | July 10, 2009 at 11:25 AM
The GLBT community should coordinate a time when they can come into the restaurant, order the cheapest thing on the menu and then occupy as many tables as possible for as long as possible. The should then continue to do this until justice is served. (Minus the hot sauce.)
Posted by: Steve | July 10, 2009 at 01:43 PM