Lesbian Kiss Too Much for Seattle Fans

ABC News ^ | May 30, 2008 | JON WIENER

[Sopater]

Same-Sex Couple Sues After Faced With Ultimatum at Mariners Baseball Game

Anyone who has attended a Major League Baseball game in the past decade has probably seen a "Kiss Cam" where couples throughout the ballpark are featured locking lips on the big-screen JumboTrons.

But controversy over ballpark kissing erupted at Safeco Field in Seattle this week when a same-sex couple claimed they were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation, which stadium officials deny.

Sirbrina Guerrero, 23, says she and her partner, who requested anonymity, were just "exchanging pecks," not acting any differently than heterosexual couples at the game, when park officials told them to stop "making out" or leave the facility.

"We were acting the same as any other dates that were out there, except we were a lesbian couple," she said. "When you bring a date to a game, you kiss once in a while. But it's not like we were making out. We were just kissing as regular couples do. I would never make out with anyone at a baseball game."

[Just another Joe]

And this is definitely her

[weegee]

Welcome to gay pride month. A month long festival of “I was just acting ‘normal’”.

[Nick Thimmesch]

All you need is love...all you need is love...all you need is love, love, love is all you need.

[Fractal Trader]

Washington ping

[Rummyfan]

So whom are they suing: the Mariners, Safeco Field, King County, the State of Washington? These lezzies and homos are so sensitve!

[weegee]

As to the jumbo screen projection of this, the camera operators at ballparks regularly pan the audience for all sorts of things they would never put up on the big screen.

Things like people puking, girls flashing the camera man, and even couples discretely having sex.

They then pass around these “blooper reels” that they don’t show to the public.

I’d put the lesbian liplock into this category and suggest that whoever was running the editing board that day be called into the manager’s office.

If such problems continue, punish the camera staff for scouting for such outrageous shots to begin with.

[usmcobra]

The first thing I thought of was that has to be one of those life sized sex dolls, she looks plastic,

[highlander_UW]

We were just kissing as regular couples do.

Even she sees that they are not a "regular" couple. That being said, PDA should be cut back by all people. I avoid taking my children to many events because people feel a need to force their sexuality upon others.

[NonValueAdded]

Harry Callahan: [speaking into his hidden microphone] Couple of kids necking.
Gonzales: Boys or girls?

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

"Yep! Those are the PC rules. If one leftist is offended, then the offending activity must cease. If 15,000 conservatives are offended, then they should be forced by law to become more “tolerant” of the offending behavior."

Bears repeating...

[dead]

Guilty, but sentenced to probation after eight beers.

Charges dropped after twelve.

[Arrowhead1952]

GUILTY as sin. The only reason she was kissing a woman is that no sane man would.

[Doohickey]

We were just kissing as regular couples do.

Ahh, but you're not a regular couple. You're a couple of dykes. You chose a lifestyle that is offensive to many people, so knock it off.

[Condor51]

"We were acting the same as any other dates that were out there, except we were a lesbian couple," she said. "When you bring a date to a game, you kiss once in a while.

Bull.
I've prolly been to hundreds (okay, a lot) of White Sox games in my life, going back to ..oh about 1955 and never seen couples kissing. Heck I've even taken the wife a few times ;-)

Of course I can't speak for those North side 'Cub Fans' who go to that quaint little Wrigley Field more to be seen and get drunk than to watch the game. (Hey Bridgette, guess what. I went to a party and Ball Game broke out)

[BenLurkin]

Looks like one of those computer generated people.

[meandog]

[highlander_UW]

You realize that that is what it will lead to. If the queers can’t share a kiss in public then straight people can’t either. Thus what some other blogger just said...Shria Law! I realize what happened here. Some parent got bent out of shape because her kid saw two women kissing. That same parent would not have done the same over a man and a woman at this game. Like the article states...there is a “kissing cam”...which I have a feeling was for STRAIGHT people! What is going to happen here is that these queers will sue over this woman who complained, for their queer rights, then no one will be allowed to kiss in public. Thus....if they can’t kiss no one can!!!

I live in Seattle, and the Mariners are marketed as a family event. There are even ticket and food packages that can be bought. So the idea of a camera looking for PDA seems to run against Mariner marketing. In my previous post I suggested that PDA should be cut back by all people at such venues...but I would hope people would do so voluntarily. I did not advocate some sort of taliban fool with a stick to whack any violators. That should be reserved for the idiots on the freeway putting on makeup at 65mph.

[Red Badger]

In LIBERAL Seattle?.......