Slog - Comments on IHET http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet "I have to tell you, we’ve had some complaints about public displays of affection, and we’re a family restaurant. We can’t accept it, and we won’t accept it." That's what the manager at the IHOP in Grandview, Missouri, told a pair of lesbians who shared a kiss--a friendly kiss, not a tongue kiss--at a booth in his restaurant. Via Americablog.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:52:39 -0800 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:33:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mike in MO Lesbians kissing is offensive?!?!

Dude, I am moving to Canada.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674102 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:05:58 -0800 Comment by Andrew Hmmm, we have IHOPs in Seattle right? Hmmm, you know we could have a protest in front of the one on Cap Hill or the U- District.

Wait, that would be a focused protest on something really specific. Nevermind, forgot that I was in Seattle. But now, where will I get my post bar-hopping pancakes at??? The breaders have taken over Charlies and The Broadway Grill????

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674107 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:09:32 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways the home of the rooty, tooty fresh and fruity is homophobic?

cwazy

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674158 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674158 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:49:03 -0800 Comment by RIGHT TURN AHEAD I'm surprised to hear of normally respectful lesbians act like that anyway. Usually it's only gay men who treat public spaces like bathhouses.

]]> RIGHT TURN AHEAD http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674163 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674163 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:53:29 -0800 Comment by John The manager did them a favor if he threw them out... IHOP sucks.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674166 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:54:52 -0800 Comment by Ryan For more laugh points, the newspaper's website comments section is blocking out the word lesbian and replacing it with ####. Even the headline is blocked out.

http://pod01.prospero.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?redirCnt=1&msg=1221&nav=messages&webtag=kr-kctm

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674167 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674167 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:55:07 -0800 Comment by elswinger I'm straight but after reading the comments section in the KC Star, there is no way in hell I would move to Kansas. I guess that's why I "progressive" (or what I like to call "sane") friends who have managed to escape Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674191 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:18:21 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO elswinger> I haven't managed to escape...yet...

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674285 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:42:38 -0800 Comment by elswinger Mike,

I think the underground railroad starts in Hannibal. I hear parts of Illinois are very gay friendly.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674306 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:51:21 -0800 Comment by Carollani As a lesbian who spends a lot of time on Capitol Hill it's always absurd to me when I find myself in a situation with my girlfriend being totally "normal" and then all of a sudden realizing that we're on display to curious and/or judgmental eyes.

It doesn't happen very often, but when it does happen it shakes me a little bit. I typically become instantly defiant and want to push their limits, but I'm getting too old to behave like a freshly out-and-proud teenager I guess.

Jim Crow is alive and well in Kansas City.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674352 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:19:32 -0800 Comment by Papayas I just emailed IHOP to tell them that I won't be going to their "restaurant" anymore. I've only been there about 3 times, but whatever.

http://www.ihop.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=62

If you want to write, the link is above.

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674612 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:27:21 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray I think it's funny when people get all worked up about "family values" when they have a menu of stuff that is essentially crap. I'm no big health nut, but I know enough to know that the IHOP menu is nothing but empty calories augmented by high fructose corn syrup.

And another thing: the prudes that complain about a few lesbians probably go home and set their kids in front of the most violent and vulgar TV because they don't want to deal with them.

And (wild stereotyping here, but I don't care) I have a sneaking suspicion that most of these parents are the type that smoke around their kids, and where the mother's wouldn't breast feed because they think it's creepy.

Lastly, who's to say what's dykey? When I was a kid and went to big family reunions or the more "ethnic" wedding receptions, women would dance with each other. Is that dykey? Women would kiss. Is that dykey?

I suppose the difference is in the hairdos ;-)

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674738 Homo Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:27:11 -0800 Comment by ed dippy IHOP has great classic breakfast stuff - and buckwheat pancakes are empty calories??? -- kiddo get a brain

I work in a factory and believe me, these are not empty calories. All you stuffy fat assed office workers need more exercise to get rid of calories, from any source, quit blaming food for your lazy flabby and sloppy bodies

do some real work, athletic stuff

and use the brain - burns calories

]]> ed dippy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c674995 Homo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:27:04 -0800 Comment by jojo It seems expectable that this incident happened in Missouri. The two times I've driven across Missouri and stopped to visit friends there, it usually struck me as surprisingly conservative, except in places like St. Louis where downtown felt uncomfortably unsafe. I was surprised they were able to elect a Democratic senator last year. Kansas City has better radio stations than I expected though.

]]> jojo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c675085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c675085 Homo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:19:39 -0800 Comment by gex IHOP should do the same for opposite sex couples who publicly display affection in their "family" restaurant.

]]> gex http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c675097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c675097 Homo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:43:51 -0800 Comment by Shea It's so damn irritating that straight people kissing in public isn't looked at twice, but when gay people do it they are "disgusting" or "flaunting their gayness" or it's "inappropriate."

Grrr!

]]> Shea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c675536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/ihet#c675536 Homo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:33:07 -0800