Do you feel that a ball part or other public "family-friendly" venue has the right to tell its patrons to stop

Question

kissing or showing PDA?

What if the couple asked to stop was a g*y couple? Does taht make a difference in the situation to you?

Answer 1

As long as they can ban PDA between parents and children, young adults and all others and it can be enforced evenly I guess that is alright.  It makes me sick to see parents fawning over their spoiled little brats like they are kings and princesses - almost as much as watching teenagers make out.

Answer 2

If they're making out like rabbits, it's OK to tell them to save it for later. But a quick hug or kiss won't matter much. Their sexual orientation would be irrelevant to me.

Answer 3

You cannot say you are "all for g*y rights" and then in the next breath say that g**s should not have the same right to express affection in public that straight people do. And if a four year old even asks why two men are giving each other a peck on the lips or a hug, all a concerned parent needs to say is "They care about each other." That will handle it for four year olds.

Answer 4

Other than quick peck kisses or hugs, PDA does not belong in a family friendly venue. I don't care if it is hetero or homo.

Answer 5

This is the USA, not Saudi Arabia.  A mere embrace or peck on the lips will not hurt anyone.

But the more involved tongue kiss and accompanying accouterments should be done in private.  "Feeling someone up" and other more involved and/or extreme PDAs can be quite embarrassing, especially in the presence of minors.

Yes, I think a public arena has the right to limit such goings on, g*y or straight.

Answer 6

This is a tricky question.  There's a time and place for everything and while there's nothing wrong with a kiss or hug a major grope session is not appropriate at all.

And although I'm all for g*y rights, I don't agree with public displays.  What consenting adults do behind closed doors is fine by me but I don't think that a father should have to explain homosexuality to his 4 year old daughter when she asks why those 2 men are kissing.  That's just not something that kids need to ponder.  And parents will inevitably panic and deal with it badly.

Answer 7

It should not be necessary at all.  The deterioration of decent manners in society is a result of overly permissive parenting styles.  If parents taught their kids how to behave in public places, then "adults" would know exactly how much PDA is acceptable and where to draw the line.    

It makes no difference whether is is a hetero- or homo- couple, if you wanna make out, GET A ROOM!

Answer 8

Yes, a family-friendly venue has the right.  They are trying to keep the G rating in these type venues.  There is never a time when a couple should be kissing or showing PDA to the point where they have to be asked to stop.  That's just shameful and wrong.  If you can't wait until you get home, then why did you go in the first place.  I don't want to have to tell my 8 year old why a man and woman, a woman and woman, or a man and man are over there kissing and rubbing on each other.  That's the whole concept of family-friendly. Let us have someplace sacred to take our kids without influencing them with the "S" word for goodness sakes.

Answer 9

Every venue has a right to set standards about what is and what isn't appropriate. They should NOT have the right, however, to apply standards differently to homosexual couples and hetero couples.