Gay couple forced to back of bus

[The Straight Story]

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - It wasn't exactly a warm welcome for a couple of Albuquerque visitors.

It was the week of Albuquerque’s Pride Festival when a gay couple says they flew into the city.

Just minutes after arriving and getting their bags, they said a shuttle bus driver at the airport forced them to sit in the back of the bus because they were holding hands.

This happened about a month ago, but the couple said they still haven't received a formal apology from the shuttle bus company and they are considering legal action.

Ron McCoy and his partner, Chris Bowers, flew into Albuquerque from Portland, Ore., on Friday, June 28 — two days after the nation's highest court made historic rulings for same-sex marriage couples and the day before Albuquerque's PrideFest.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/features/gay-couple-forced-to-back-of-bus

[RKP5637]

1. Much as racism continues decades later, so will bigoted homophobes for

decades into the future. Laws may change, but racists and bigots continue on, some just gotta have something to hate.

[BlueJazz]

2. If I were Gay and married and If I would have been getting on the bus with my partner..

...AND the driver would have told us to Ride in the back of the bus for holding hands, I would have said to him "Call an ambulance and tell them that there's a bus driver who attacked a passenger and now has multiple bruises on his face and body"

[roamer65]

3. This was their "Rosa Parks" moment.

Too bad they didn't seize it and sit where they wanted.

[theHandpuppet]

4. Sadly, the longer the struggle continues...

... the more I see the old Mason-Dixon line being redrawn.

[roamer65]

5. You must be reading my mind.

The other day I thought that in 5 years the gay marriage legal/illegal map will probably look damn close to the map in early 1861.