Uh Huh Her Claim They Were Kicked Off Flight for 'Being Gay'

Thank you Southwest /AirTran for standing up for Family Values. Good Job.

I'm a world traveller since I was a tiny tot flying the old DC3's ..... and in all those years never saw anyone ON a flight kissing ..... apart from an occasional Mom kissing or cuddling a nervous or sick child. NOT ONCE! Never. I sat beside a newly wed couple once flying out of Montreal and they held hands discreetly for most of the flight to Winnipeg. But that's it.

I'm tired of the excessive flashiness and overwhelming demands for public approval that far too many gays are making. Sorry folks, many of us aren't comfortable with public displays of affection from anyone and are doubly offended by this ostentatious display. Two of my closest friend in the past twenty years were both gay. They and their partners were discreet and gentlemanly ..... and their creativity and lack of "macho" was very appealing to me. We were great friends and had some wonderful fun times together sharing ideas. One of them taught me screen printing, which became a back-up career for a while.
Neither of them or their partners flounced around making spectacles of themselves.
It will take time for this major social change to be acceptable to all ...... but making scenes isn't the way to encourage that acceptance. It just isn't.

I say this. I wasn't there, I didn't see this "peck on the cheek" but I know I, for one, tend to play down my transgressions to make the other person look a little worse than me. Most people do. For all we know, it MAY have been JUST a peck on the cheek and ONE homophobic attendant. Tensions would run high and then yelling starts and once yelling starts, people get taken off planes. OR It may have been a full on disgusting make out session. WE don't know. Point blank. We weren't on the plane. I wouldn't want to see that from ANYONE, personally. Things are better left in the bedroom, on the couch, or on a porn DVD. So, one or the other person here is exaggerating. Either the couple, or the attendant who first responded.

not normal abnormal normal is what the majority does you do what the minority does therefore your actions are abnormal

Why do this? They know that it may make some people feel uneasy. I have no problem with them being gay but why must you flaunt it in front of everybody? If there were a man and women kissing i gurantee they would of been asked to stop as well. Its for the greater good of the people on the flight. There is no reason why they couldnt refrain from this until they got to there home or wherever they were going. It seems to me like this is happening more and more but its cause they want to cause a problem, they want to openly act this way to get a little attention and scream that they are being discriminated against. Grow up and act like adults, stop crying "oh me" cause you bring it on yourself.

Like alot of the Gay people they do this foolishness with the intent of starting a big uproar because they love to see themselves in the news.. Yup they just love to start arguments so they can be seen. I don't think it's about being how people treat you for being Gay at all it's because they love to argue. It just makes waves for the other Gay people.. Why??

I would find it hard to believe that Southwest Airlines is homophobic..there are A LOT of gays in the travel industry..obviously these two were doing something other than giving a little peck..geez...anything for publicity.

I would find it hard to believe that Southwest Airlines is homophobic..there are A LOT of gays in the travel industry..obviously these two were doing something other than giving a little peck..geez...anything for publicity.

Were the couple being too affectionate in public? Would a straight couple have received a reproach had it been them sitting in the same seats? Why do some of us get so uncomfortable when it comes to the public display of affection of same sex relationships? And should Ms Hailey have bitten the bullet and piped down or was she right to insist that she be allowed to be free to express her affection for her girlfriend even in a closed container like a plane as opposed to a park?

http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/09/singer-actress-leisha-hailey-kicked-off-southwest-for-making-out-with-her-girlfriend/