Hundreds Protest At Mall That Asked Kissing Gay Couple To Leave
Protesters gathered at the Roseville Galleria in Sacramento, California on Saturday to show support for the gay couple kicked out by mall security for kissing and holding hands.
1. Daniel Chesmore, 21, and Jose Guzman, 24, were told by a security guard at Roseville Galleria in Sacramento that if they didn’t stop kissing and holding hands, they’d be asked to leave the mall.
2. On Saturday, the local LGBT community gathered in front of the mall and held the Love Is Love Rally.
3. The pair were told by the security guard that anyone, regardless of sexuality, would be ejected from the mall for public displays of affection.
4. The mall initially supported the security guard’s decision, telling local news station Fox40, that anyone who violates their code of conduct will be asked to leave.
5. During the rally, however, the staff of the Roseville Galleria offered food and water to everyone who participated in the rally.
6. Chesmore and Guzman are both teachers at an elementary school in Oakland.
7. It is currently unknown if the mall disciplined the guard for asking the two to leave.
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celestef3 3 months agoIt amazes me how some people are so disgusted by affection, kisses, hand holding and hugs ” take it to the privacy of your home” but don’t have the same reaction when they watch happily how some guy crushes some other guy’s jaw, or how a woman is tied to a chair and beaten until you can only see blood. WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE ARE HORRIFIED BY LOVE BUT LOVE TO WATCH VIOLENCE AND CELEBRATE IT?????
Is it me or shouldn’t it be the other way around…?
kisses hugs and even making out, they are all demonstrations of love. Why does love make so many people uncomfortable? -
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whitniann37 3 months agoBut…If the code of conduct says that public displays of affection are not permitted regardless of sexuality then why would a gay couple given special privileges? Everyone should be treated equally. If a straight couple were asked to leave would there be rioting. I watched a mall cop ask a couple to leave after a heavy make out session in the food court. We were all happy to see them go.
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Bill C. 3 months ago
I’ve read a little more about this, and it looks like no “special privileges” were involved. The mall’s employees seem to have made things up as they went along. According to the Huffington Post: “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.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/gay-couple-asked-to-leave-westfield-mall-kissing-holding-hands_n_2812097.html
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