Seattle Mariners apologise to same-sex couple after they were forced to stop kissing
The Seattle Mariners made an apology to a same-sex couple after they were forced to stop kissing outside the Safeco Field Stadium.
Mary McHale and Sara Hinton were enjoying the Seattle Mariners game against the Milwaukee Brewers and were kissing outside of the stadium when the steward approached them.
Speaking to KUOW, McHale said:
“My sweetheart looked at me and said what a great time we were having, and we kissed. And just standing there, not doing anything obscene or anything that would make any of the other folks around us uncomfortable, and that’s when a Safeco Field employee came out and said, ‘Ladies, I’m gonna have to ask you to stop.'”
“He said that our behaviour was against a ‘family-friendly policy’, and [at] that point I started to get really angry.”
Rebecca Hale, a Mariners spokesperson, said that the employee had been disciplined as a result and that the Mariners have issued a public apology.
The Mariners also stated that they will be putting on special training courses for their employees and hope to make the stadium more welcoming.
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