Posted on 07/30/2018 5:39:24 PM PDT by Simon Green
When gay businessman David Cooley boarded Alaska Airlines flight 1407 from Los Angeles to New York this past weekend, he expected to enjoy the airline's top-rated service and the amenities that accompanied his Premium Class ticket. Instead, however, he said he and his travel companion were subjected to "humiliation" instead.
"I have never been so discriminated against while traveling before," Cooley, owner of iconic Los Angeles gay bar The Abbey, wrote in a public Facebook post. He said he and his travel companion were "removed" from their flight "to give preferential treatment to a straight couple."
"After my traveling companion and I had been seated in our assigned seats for a while, we were approached by the flight attendant and my companion was asked to move from his premium seat to coach, so a couple could sit together," Cooley wrote. "I explained that we were a couple and wanted to sit together. He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane."
Cooley and his travel companion decided they "could not bear the feeling of humiliation for an entire cross-country flight," and so they deplaned.
“I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave,” he added.
At the end of his Facebook post, Cooley called on LGBTQ people to boycott Alaska Airlines.
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Steward stewardess....que si que sa
Mile high pie.
The shocking thing is that the airline didn’t let the gay couple stay by default...because they’re gay. If the flight attendant had taken me and my wife aside and told us they wanted to re-seat or deplane us to keep two faggots from throwing a hissy fit, we’d probably say “gotcha”, and agree to be re-seated or put on another flight.
If you payed for first class I don’t think they can demote you to coach.
I am just plain old tired of the idea that someone has special rights over and above everyone else. The sodomites are especially egregious in this regard.
I’m certain that there are some very relevant details left out of this “story.” But who cares about relevant details when a victim group has propaganda work to do?
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