Lesbian Couple Kicked Out of IHOP
Blair Funk and Eva Sandoval were eating at the IHOP restaurant in Grandview, Missouri when they kissed one another. Later on when walking through the lobby they were approached by the manager and told to leave. What he said was that they had complaints of public displays of affection and they won't accept it in their restaurant.
Funk took it as IHOP won't accept them, as in lesbians or gays eating out with everyone else. That type of statement is hard to not get offended by.
So would the same thing have truly happened if they were an opposite sex couple? How many times do you see those in love share a quick peck over a meal when out to eat? It happens and likely those around are not offended if the pair are not making out or touching one another inappropriately.
But the truth is that Missouri, along with many other states does not have anything legally protecting gays and lesbians. Kansas City itself does have a discrimination law but anywhere else in the state and you can expect to get not so nice treatment for your sexual orientation. It's not unheard of to get kicked out of restaurants, or even get fired as a result.
Does it seem shocking that in this day and age you can be suspected of having feelings for someone of the same gender and lose your job over it? Employers can also refuse to hire you based on your sexual preference. And a gay or lesbian couple who try to find an apartment to rent may very well have a hard time.
For some parts of our country the feelings are likely to not shift, as in legislation has tried to pass bills and laws protecting gays and lesbians and yet it's been up time and time again without passing.
So while discrimination against same sex partners is legal and happens in some parts of our country, it doesn't mean that the majority of the general public agrees with this type of treatment.
With gay relationships portrayed frequently on T.V. and in the movies, it seems that a lot of people have come to accept this as a way of life and not passed judgment. Still there will always be those who are offended because it bothers them for some reason, they aren't comfortable with something other than what they easily understand.
Mike Hendricks. "Lesbian Kiss Falls Flatter than a pancake" The Kansas City Star.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/16913352.htm
Diane Silver. "Kiss gets lesbian couple thrown out of IHOP" Blogspot.
http://www.hopeandpolitics.blogspot.com/search/label/kansas%20equality%20coalition
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9 Comments
Post a CommentI guess I must be in a tiny minority since I don't care if people peck each other on the cheek.
That is disgusting and terrible. It was a quick peck, not them making out. Nothing wrong with that. I think that's really rude. I'd like to see how they'd respond if I ate there and kissed my hubby. The IHOP here had NO problems with me kissing my son multiple times during our breakfast.
I meant MOM not moom, LOL wish I could edit comments
okay so from what else I've read, it was just a peck on the cheek! So if I met my moom for lunch one day and kissed her hello would we be kicked out?? It still seems crazy to me, I know CO is only 2 states away but it seems like a world apart. I can't imagine the same thing happening here. Still sounds like discrimination to me, JMO though :)
I'd have to see the tape on this one... but I don't like to see anyone smooching in public outside of a peck... especially when I am trying to eat!
actually the couple was quoted in another article as saying it was the type of kiss you'd give your uncle so it sounds like it's far from lust or very sexual. It very well may have been a peck on the cheek, and even if not... it wouldn't bother me in the least to see while eating at of all places the local IHOP. Everyones entitled to their own opinion though and I tried not to be too one sided but being a liberal, well it's hard to NOT be accepting.
...most, the vast majority, do not want to see such public displays...however, no one is running out and making a law to forbid gays from such behaviors...actualy, you would think that social skills, good manners, and social gracce would preclude such an exhibit...this is America...there are people who do not want to see these activities...and there are those who do not care whether or not the others see them as they go on their "gay" way...anyone who attempts to force themselves on another is wrong...God did give man/woman their own volition(free will)... So, what's the answer? How about some Walk-A-Round sense...sure seems no one in this article is using any.
Gives a whole new meaning to "We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto."
Ever wondered whether or not people feel like others, i.e., gays, are pushing their agendas off onto everyone else? For example: you must believe the way I believe or we will lobby to get a law to make it illegal to think the way you do. I certainly do not want to witness same sex sex...you write this piece as if it was a little peck on the cheek...I am willing to bet that the kiss was anything but...I am willing to go so far as to say that it was probably a very public display of effection/lust...I do not want to see same sex sex any more then I want to publically display my own proclivities...I also do not want to eat my Belgian Waffle with cigar smoke billowing around my head...socially, it is unacceptable.
You write as if we are so far advanced..."In this day and time...," and you mislabel rejection as discrimination - I do not have to accept anyone's life style, point of view or behavioral shenanagens...most,
OMG! Great article, but very infuriating information.