by Buddy Netter

Created on: December 27, 2008

Kissing Couple at the Seattle Mariner's Game

I am only taking off of the previous writer's story. I have not heard anything about this before. However, based on what I read, I do have one observation, if this were a teen boy and girl making out, would anyone have had a problem with a mom asking them to stop in front of her young son? People should be able to take their children to a sporting event without having them introduced to Sex 101. This was, I'm sure a special event in this young boy's life, and should have been a wonderful, innocent memory, but he is probably going to remember these two women acting inappropriately in public and causing him to feel embarrassed and uncomfortable, as well as the scene in which they were asked to leave. It shouldn't be too much to ask that adults conduct themselves in "family rated" behavior in public places where children are present; this used to be expected common courtesy.

Everyone is so focused on Me, Me, Me, and "I'm going to do what I want when I want, and I want to have it my way all the time" that common sense, human decency and respect have become a quaint ideals from the past. If the couple in question had been a teen boy and girl, or even an adult heterosexual couple, I'm sure that there would have probably been taunts of, "Hey, get a room" or something to that effect if their behavior was becoming a distraction. The gay community often points out that what they do behind closed doors is no one's business but their own. Well, that's the point, the "kissing couple" weren't behind closed doors, they were making spectacles of themselves. When asked to stop, they refused. Hey, I can remember being young and in love, but if someone had ever tapped my boyfriend and me on the shoulder and asked that we cool it in front of their kids, we would have been so embarrassed and apologetic. Never would we have taken the attitude that "we paid for our tickets and will kiss all we want to." It would never have reached the point of having to be asked to leave. This "kissing couple" wanted to make an issue out of this, and if I am reading right, people are now having a field day with this story, making it part of the so-called gay agenda. What a pair of unlikely martyrs, yet I'm sure the gay community is stacking up more, "poor us, we are so discriminated against" points with this story, which comes down to nothing more than inconsiderate behavior by a couple of their own. If the couple were heterosexual, their would be no story, no discussion.

If gays and lesbians want equal treatment, then they need to apply equal rules to their own conduct in public. Being gay does not give you rights to trample over other people because you are so "special" and the rules do not apply to you.

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