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Osem · 15-04-2011, 18:29

From what I've read and heard (including a statement by the original complainant) this doesn't seem to me to be about gay issues at all. It's about causing offence by engaging in actions that others deemed inappropriate and there was apparently rather more involved than a quick kiss. I believe the same thing would've been done had the couple involved been male/female but since they wouldn't have such a point to prove I don't imagine they'd have made quite the same fuss about it. About 10 years ago my wife and I were approached by security staff in a bar and asked to tone down what we were doing or leave. We were only kissing with our arms around eachother and couldn't see what the fuss was about but certainly feel motivated to complain about our treatment.

Obviously the facts behind all this are still unclear and I'm reserving judgement about the guys involved but I do think that certain group rather like 'engineering' contentious sitautions like this about which they can then complain in the hope that they can gain some 'advantage' for their ilk whether that be publicity, changes in the law or anything else.

15-04-2011, 18:29	#85
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Gay couple claim they were ejected from pub for kissing From what I've read and heard (including a statement by the original complainant) this doesn't seem to me to be about gay issues at all. It's about causing offence by engaging in actions that others deemed inappropriate and there was apparently rather more involved than a quick kiss. I believe the same thing would've been done had the couple involved been male/female but since they wouldn't have such a point to prove I don't imagine they'd have made quite the same fuss about it. About 10 years ago my wife and I were approached by security staff in a bar and asked to tone down what we were doing or leave. We were only kissing with our arms around eachother and couldn't see what the fuss was about but certainly feel motivated to complain about our treatment. Obviously the facts behind all this are still unclear and I'm reserving judgement about the guys involved but I do think that certain group rather like 'engineering' contentious sitautions like this about which they can then complain in the hope that they can gain some 'advantage' for their ilk whether that be publicity, changes in the law or anything else.