Gay Dad Accused of Fondling Child on UA Flight
May 26, 2017, 5:02 pm
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Gay Dad Accused of Fondling Child on UA Flight
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...ling-his-child
Luckily it seems like it wasn't TOO much drama at the airport. I was reading about a younger guy who was detained for 2 hours because he was traveling with his mix raced family and someone told the FA/police that they thought the young sister (and maybe even non-English speaking grandma) were being trafficked.
In reading I am curious if the couple is putting more of an emphasis on the gay part. Unless the FA heard him mention his husband how would they have known to single him out for being gay with children?
But, as a topic in general it is very sad. I've been at a pool party once where I've had a parent take their kid out of the pool when I was picking a few of them up in the shallow end and throwing them. I found out later in some choice comments and via others what she thought of me. Safe to say SHE and her kids were never invited by the hosts again.
I've traveled with my Sister & Nephew (2.5) recently.
Only awkward things we run into is when people think we are married and it is our kid. I just laugh it with a "Ha! I'm the uncle so I get to have all the fine teaching him how to harass his Mom."
Luckily it seems like it wasn't TOO much drama at the airport. I was reading about a younger guy who was detained for 2 hours because he was traveling with his mix raced family and someone told the FA/police that they thought the young sister (and maybe even non-English speaking grandma) were being trafficked.
In reading I am curious if the couple is putting more of an emphasis on the gay part. Unless the FA heard him mention his husband how would they have known to single him out for being gay with children?
But, as a topic in general it is very sad. I've been at a pool party once where I've had a parent take their kid out of the pool when I was picking a few of them up in the shallow end and throwing them. I found out later in some choice comments and via others what she thought of me. Safe to say SHE and her kids were never invited by the hosts again.
I've traveled with my Sister & Nephew (2.5) recently.
Only awkward things we run into is when people think we are married and it is our kid. I just laugh it with a "Ha! I'm the uncle so I get to have all the fine teaching him how to harass his Mom."
Jun 1, 2017, 2:43 pm
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It's an older gay guy and a mixed-race son. The flight attendant jumped to conclusions. I'm quite sure this wouldn't have happened if it was a mom with her hand on her son's lap to comfort him when he was sleeping.
Jun 8, 2017, 4:30 am
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I find some of the comments the father made as being over the top drama, "They don't know they are messing with" was that really needed???
The FA's are damned if they do something and damned if they didn't do anything. The FA could have handled things a little differently, maybe strike up a conversation with the dad to learn more about the dad and kid before jumping to conclusion too fast.
The FA's are damned if they do something and damned if they didn't do anything. The FA could have handled things a little differently, maybe strike up a conversation with the dad to learn more about the dad and kid before jumping to conclusion too fast.
Jun 8, 2017, 10:58 am
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Well when so much of middle America is taken by Trump and follows the really sad teachings of their prejudical church's - what else can we expect. Of course the first conclusion would be pedophiles or trafficing children, and the other side wonders why we react the way we do.
I'm in my late 50's and this is getting really tiresome
I'm in my late 50's and this is getting really tiresome