• Couple demand an apology, restaurant says it unlikely
• Couple plan kissing protest for today
Bar Chelles, a classic restaurant in the heart of San José, is being asked for an apolofgy by a lesbian couple after being thrown out for sharing a kiss.
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The
downtown
restaurant
and
bar
makes
up
for
its
lack
of
ambience
with
plenty
of
tradition
and
a
diverse
and
colorful
clientele.
With
its
bright
lights
and
Formica-topped
card
tables
and
mirrors
adorn
most
of
the
walls,
it
has
been
a
San
José
trademark
for
a
century.
Paulina Torres told Radio ADN 90.7 FM that she and nine other female friends, including her girlfriend, arrived last Saturday night.
Torres said they were told they could not kiss in the restaurant. The women complained, saying the restaurant was being discriminatory. A waitress responded by saying that it was company policy.
Torres is a coordinator for the Beso Diverso (Diverse Kiss), an event where gay and straight couples kiss in public in support of gay rights.
Today, Saturday at 5:30PM members of Beso Diverso will march from the Plaza de La Cultura to Bar Chelles to protest the restaurant's policy.
Marjorie Blanco of Bar Chelles told the press that the women should not expect an apology.
“What they did is extremely forbidden, this is a decent place,” she said. “Apologies for nothing, if I see a pair of women kissing each other, then I'm telling them to go elsewhere. The Lord rebukes the devil.”
Paulina Torres told Radio ADN 90.7 FM that she and nine other female friends, including her girlfriend, arrived last Saturday night.
Torres said they were told they could not kiss in the restaurant. The women complained, saying the restaurant was being discriminatory. A waitress responded by saying that it was company policy.
Torres is a coordinator for the Beso Diverso (Diverse Kiss), an event where gay and straight couples kiss in public in support of gay rights.
Today, Saturday at 5:30PM members of Beso Diverso will march from the Plaza de La Cultura to Bar Chelles to protest the restaurant's policy.
Marjorie Blanco of Bar Chelles told the press that the women should not expect an apology.
“What they did is extremely forbidden, this is a decent place,” she said. “Apologies for nothing, if I see a pair of women kissing each other, then I'm telling them to go elsewhere. The Lord rebukes the devil.”
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