Friday, April 15, 2011

Gay old town....

There's a story in the press today about a gay couple who were ejected from a pub in the heart of usually very liberated Soho. They protest that they were doing nothing but snogging (that is to say that it wasn't heavy petting.) So were they doing anything wrong? Personally I find it mildly embarrassing when anyone, gay or straight, old or young, openly snogs in front of me. That said I wouldn't throw them out of my bookshop for doing so, let alone a bar in Soho late in the evening. I might shout "Get a room!" or words to that effect but I would leave it at that. So is Tonbridge ready for such open shows of sexuality. What would the landlord of the P&J or the New Drum have to say about it. Maybe it already happens and they think there's nothing bad about it in the 21st Century....

3 comments:

sebfox said...

Difficult to comment without witnessing just how "heavy" the snogging was...It seems to be a simple case of homophobia. Lets face it, the article wouldn't have been written if it was a straight couple.
It would be interesting to know what would happen if a straight couple were to behave in the same manner in a gay pub?

Anonymous said...

Something very strange about this blog entry; any particular reason you have singled out the Punch and the New Drum? What about all the other pubs in Tonbridge?

Tonbridge blogger said...

Anon: Nothing was implied by my choice of pubs. There really were just the first two that sprang to mind. Unless you know something I don't!...