Comments on: A bus, a kiss, and an all too familiar scenario

By: Coxhere

Coxhere — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:07 +0000

The two young men with the beautiful smiles and love for each other THREATEN traditionally bullying families. America cannot afford these kinds of abominable men on American public conveyances. This is a very religious country! What if an impressionable, little child saw this???? Why, the little, vulnerable baby might get the wrong idea and start accepting such perversion of our Wholly Buy Bull.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:37:40 +0000

I hope they got the name of the str8 couple kissing on the bus and the name of the bus driver or his badge number.

If our only option is to sue, we will keep suing and if it eventually bankrupts a few jurisdictions, maybe people will finally wake up.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:14:09 +0000

Hi Tone: I agree with you. But I think it’s fair to say that young gay people know and are sensible enough not to do anything beyond what you described. Men have gotten killed for showing casual affection for each other.

I think it’s fair to say that the affection between these two was at the level of tenderly casual.

In fact, I’ve seen social experiments done on television where casual affection between same sex couples had people calling 911.

What any NORMAL person would consider casual affection, displaying a tiny rainbow pin, or simply saying you’re gay, shouldn’t garner ANY kind of response.

But to a committed anti gay person, NORMAL behavior is construed as anything from terrorism, to a rape.
And these people express their complaints about gay folks without a hint of irony, hypocrisy, contradiction or just plain insanity.

By: Tone

Tone — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:32:03 +0000

It depends on the context and the degree of affection being demonstrated. I don’t care for any couple being overly demonstrative in public. A greeting kiss is fine, and hold hands as much and as tightly as you want, but beyond that please take your affection behind closed doors.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:48:10 +0000

Actually, those two young men have beautiful smiles. I can imagine those smiles lighting up a room.

We surely need more people around who can smile like that, and spread the joy.

What IS the harm in that?!

By: Joe In California

Joe In California — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:58:45 +0000

There are too many bus drivers out of work. I suggest the bus company get a new driver right quick! Of course an apology is in order.

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:09:05 +0000

Umm… wait. What.

Seriously?

Since when is it a crime to show love and affection for your partner (of any sex/gender/orientation)? I’d rather see people happy, loving, and affectionate than see them angry, hurting, and violent.

With all the negativity and violence in the world, some of it displayed on that very bus, people… object to loving affection?

I don’t “get” it.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:59:04 +0000

Thanks for the links, guys. What a cute couple!

Ridiculous. Forget BACK of the bus, can’t be on the bus at all!
WTF?!

Two young men are doing something that young people SHOULD be doing. Showing their happiness and love for somebody.
Considering all the violence, and meanness out in these streets, someone can take the time out of their busy day to show how much they disapprove of love.

I remember an uncaptioned photo that was shown on a lot of blogs with an unidentified pair of young black men just like this.
But their pose was as a couple, with one leaning in on the lap of the other, and his companion with his arm affectionately around him.
I thought it sweet. One of those pictures that said a thousand words.

And folks, as I work in the crime scene photo lab, sorting through all kinds of pictures that tell me how unbelievably cruel, violent, stupid and disrespectful people can be, I LOVE pictures of young people being loving and good to each other.

What’s the harm in these young men? I bet if they’d been a pair of gang members that driver wouldn’t have even left his seat.
PFFFT!

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:11:33 +0000

Ooops. Sorry. Link added.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:36:36 +0000

Sounds typical