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FreeState

(10,553 posts)
Mon May 22, 2017, 08:42 PM May 2017

Gay Dads and Kids Denied Family Boarding at Southwest Gate

“This gate agent immediately approached my spouse and said this is for family boarding only, and my spouse looked up and said, ‘Well, we are a family. It’s myself, my spouse, and our three children.’ She said it’s family boarding only and got very sarcastic.”

Southwest rules allow one adult to board with children, “but typically our employees allow both parents to board,” the spokesperson said. The airline denied in a statement that discrimination was a factor:

Our Operations Agent informed two parents that another member of their group was ineligible to board under Family Boarding and asked that she board in her assigned boarding group. This conversation in the boarding area had nothing to do with discrimination, we welcomed both parents to board the aircraft with their children. The parents expressed disappointment that the Family Boarding policy was not applicable to another member of their group. The two parents did not agree with our policy, and our Flight Crew worked to save seats together on the aircraft for the family as the conversation continued in the gate area.

http://www.lgbtqbuzz.com/gay-dads-kids-denied-family-boarding-southwest-gate/

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Gay Dads and Kids Denied Family Boarding at Southwest Gate (Original Post) FreeState May 2017 OP
This makes no sense. RandySF May 2017 #1
Welcome to Trump's America Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #2
The American Taliban rears it's STUPID head again! TheDebbieDee May 2017 #3
This wouldn't have happened in California. kimbutgar May 2017 #4
This NBC report says that the Mom of one of the spouses was also in the group Tanuki May 2017 #5

RandySF

(57,661 posts)
1. This makes no sense.
Mon May 22, 2017, 08:58 PM
May 2017
Southwest rules allow one adult to board with children, “but typically our employees allow both parents to board,” the spokesperson said. The airline denied in a statement that discrimination was a factor:

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
4. This wouldn't have happened in California.
Mon May 22, 2017, 09:10 PM
May 2017

I sub teach in San Francisco. My most best behaved and best students are children of gay parents.

I hate this discrimmmination is still going on. We are all humans and deserve respect regardless of our sexual orientation.

Tanuki

(14,894 posts)
5. This NBC report says that the Mom of one of the spouses was also in the group
Mon May 22, 2017, 09:12 PM
May 2017

and that according to the airline they would have let the dads and the 3 children, but not grandma, go on as a family group. Pretty lousy either way. Southwest is usually better than this.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/35489643/gay-couple-accuses-southwest-airlines-of-discrimination

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