Is Main Street USA Ready for Gay PDA?

[canis_lupus]

ABC's "20/20" (yeah, I know ... not my favorite news show either) will air a segment on reactions to same-sex couples engaged in public displays of affection tonight at 10/9 central. The following is from their web site (which also has a link to a video):

Two years ago, ABC News hired two actors, a man and a woman, to publicly display their affection for each other by kissing in public at a restaurant. Reactions from other restaurant-goers varied; some onlookers enjoyed the sight of young love, while others lost their appetite.

This year, we once again decided to explore how the public responds to public displays of affection -- but this time, our couples were gay.

ABC News asked two couples, Kaolin and James, and Ashby and Leslie, to sit on park benches in Verona, N.J., and then in Birmingham, Ala., to see if there were any differences in reaction among passersby in the two regions of the country. Although all four individuals were actors, showing their love and affection for each other was far from acting. Kaolin and James have been in a committed relationship for two years, while Ashby and Leslie are a married couple who have been together for eight years.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/WhatWouldYouDo/story?id=4725740&page=1

[NJmaverick]

1. I was thinking, a personal digital assistant?!?!?

I couldn't imagine what a gay one would be like. Sorry, I digress.

As for your topic, I am not sure that will ever be the case. There good ammount of the public that isn't happy with hetero PDAs.

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. Like this?

[NJmaverick]

7. lol, that might qualify

[Deja Q]

3. One person made sense:

Eleonora27

The issue isn't North or South, gay or straight. The issue is, "What is appropriate in public?" ... Gay or straight, I don't care who you are: good taste and good manners are not matters of sexual orientation.

:shrug:

[Zuiderelle]

4. I'm going to guess however, that some people will be offended by simple holding of hands.

I'm sure that a man and a woman holding hands, or sharing a short kiss on the lips is not going to offend too many people, whereas two women or two men doing it will offend a fair number.

[mitchtv]

5. My guess is to agree with you

Only more so

[terrya]

6. I'd suggest that they better start getting ready for it.

Because I see more and more gay and lesbian couples holding hands, kissing in public. More and more lesbian and gay couples are deciding, quite rightly, that it's perfectly ok to show their affection towards each other...my gosh, just like heterosexual couples do!