Filed under: Donovan, Politics & Issues, Totally GAY!
Author: Donovan
Date: Mar 6, 2013
This is probably one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard recently. Asking gays to leave a shopping mall. How will the mall survive? To boot, the shopping center is in the Bay Area, among all places. Isn’t San Francisco one of the world’s gay meccas? Sacrilegious.
Daniel Chesmore (21) and Jose Guzman (24) spent a relaxing Saturday walking around the Westfield Galleria in Roseville. The couple were holding hands and shared a few kisses on the cheek when a security guard approached them. He told them that if they continue to kiss, they will be asked to leave the mall. He informed them that he counted them kissing 25 times. Holy shizz!!! Shouldn’t this rent-a-cop keep an eye out for shoplifters instead of counting the number of times gays show PDA. The guard claimed he would approach anyone for excessive kissing no matter their sexuality. Yeah, RIGHT.
Chesmore and Guzman shared their recording (smart boys for taping it) of their confrontation with FOX40 news. The news station conducted an undercover investigation and spotted numerous straight couples, holding hands and kissing, but none were approached during the time reporters spent in the mall. With their investigation over, the reporter attempted to discuss the situation with Galleria General Manager Eddie Ollmann. Watch the news piece below to see his response.
Personally, I’m not huge on PDA, but this is absolutely insane. I hope this Eddie Ollmann and the security guard are reprimanded. I hope Westfield acknowledges this blatant display of homophobia. Don’t you agree? Sound off below.
kin
March 6th, 2013 at 6:19 am
JUST! >:-/
3isacharm
March 6th, 2013 at 9:46 am
Roseville Galleria is like and 1hr and a half away from San Francisco. it’s closer to Sacramento but regardless this is unacceptable
Joe
March 6th, 2013 at 11:07 am
3isacharm is correct. Sacramento area is very close or could be considered a part of the Central Valley, the most backwards thinking bible-belt of California! That’s sad…
Sammie
March 6th, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Roseville is a suburb of state capitol Sacramento. Moreover, excluding the San Francisco Bay area, northern California is a fairly redneck conservative region of the state. I stay far, far away.
celeste
March 6th, 2013 at 3:50 pm
its not a true story, it was made up by The Onion , it is so funny when people add on to a false story…
Donovan
March 6th, 2013 at 5:13 pm
@celeste. It’s not a false story by the Onion. It’s for real and there plans to be a KISS IN to protest this incident.
http://fox40.com/2013/03/05/roseville-galleria-responds-to-pda-controversy/
john A
March 7th, 2013 at 5:31 am
Damn that I would sue the westfield..
Deformation of character