Gay couple threatened to have legs chopped off by Greek waiter in Birmingham
The Daily Mail photo of Markus and Steven.
A Maltese man and his husband faced a tirade of abuse at a Greek restaurant in Birmingham when they complained about their meal, according to a report on the online Daily Mail.
Markus Busuttil, 28, and Steven, 24, were celebrating their wedding anniversary when the waiter allegedly launched a tirade telling the couple they were “an embarrassment to the world”.
Mr Busuttil, a PhD student, claimed the waiter also told them: “We don’t like people like you in Greece. We cut off your legs. Your mum is a s***. I will f****** kill you...”
The student, who met Steven five years ago while studying in Wales, said that after 15 minutes of “terror” when they returned their dried up and salty main courses, the waiter started to claim the couple attacked him, so he secretly recorded the banter on the phone.
“We love how open and friendly and multicultural this city is and that is why we think this kind of behaviour should be exposed,” Mr Busuttil told the Daily Mail.
The newspaper also reported that the West Midlands police were investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
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John Spiteri Jones
Nov 11th 2012, 22:17
IM confused here , who is the husband(commonly known as the fister in these cases) and rimmer!!
Alfred Falzon
Nov 11th 2012, 14:41
@ Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Today, 08:12
You seem to take pleasure in wearing blinkers.
I reiterate that 2 HUSBANDS or 2 WIVES, for that matter, do NOT constitute a MARRIAGE. They cannot beget children.
A MARRIAGE , religious or contractual, is meant for a MALE and a FEMALE.
It's logical, down-to-earth and above all the rule of NATURE not the exception!
Alfred A. Falzon
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:10
Falzon, throwing insults is no way to win an argument. It is a sign of desperation. If I am wearing blikers, what on earth are you wearing. I am not interested in what loving partners call themselves although and as I have already stated, ad nauseam, I do not like the titles husband and wife.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:13
Most married heterosexuals in Australia introduce their spouses by their names not by the nature of their relationship to the speaker as if they were their property. Nor am I that concerned about marriage, a patriarchal institution that imposes gender roles. However I do concede that gay marriage is the quickest way to secure (some) rights for (some) gay men and lesbians.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:15
What you reiterate is irrelevant to any person living in this secular world. It is equally clear you wouldn't recognise nature or logic if you fell over them.
david debattista
Nov 11th 2012, 12:11
Such issues need deep reflection. Most base their argument on the sexual act between man, Do I agree with it No, or rather I cannot find a place in my mind to agree with it. Am I right, I have no idea, but I rather have a relationship with my wife or Florence Golgate . On a serious note, Does spirit have a gender most will say No. BUT IT GOES MUCH, MUCH, DEEPER THEN THAT . I HAVE MY OWN IDEAS.
Frank Zammit
Nov 11th 2012, 09:46
A man and his husband? There was a time when I would have had that sort of writing corrected at school. Crossed out in red with a note at the foot of the page telling me that I am mixing genders here. Have we became wiser or have merely succumbed to the notion that Nature has got it all wrong and that we are wiser and in a better position to take certain decisions than GOD?
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 00:50
I wonder if any of these two gay men describes himself or the other as the 'husband'!
Joe Fenech
Nov 10th 2012, 21:56
Usual seeking attention !
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 17:55
@Andy Farrugia, even if using our parents as models were as simple as you make it sound, ie possible, who, in god's name, would want to emulate a parent, a throwback, who was ignoran/bigoted/sanctimonious/narrow-minded/holier-than-thou, get the pic? But worry not dear. My Pa(good man but not sickly fanatic about bible) wanted a son like him. I took after him on my terms. No choice thank god.
Andy Farrugia
Nov 10th 2012, 19:56
Continue to drivel, Xuereb: point is that perverting language and words and meanings, and repeating these perversions over and over again ain't gonna make them any more plausible. Period.
adam spalding
Nov 10th 2012, 17:53
This is terrible , the waiter should never insulted Mr Busittil, s mum. Apart from that I would love to hear the waiters side of the story.
Trouble with all this "gay rights " rubbish is that gays seem to think they have the right to behave in camp and inappropriate ways in public. I have many gay friends who have no problem in getting through meals at restaurants.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 03:01
Are you suggesting this gay couple should not have behaved like a couple but like your boring gay friends.
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 17:39
Ta J Brincat. Whatever Socrates' about he DID say - valid still - that an unexamined (as in 'ignorant') life is not worth living. The Andy Farrugias of this world can look into the deeper meaning of this at their peril. Cue. Soc. was not divinely inspired. He was just an ordinary man with a god-given brain that he was grateful enough to use. Flailing arms in the dark was so not his thing.
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 17:22
@Alfred Falzon(Today, 10:57). NATURE decreed man + woman to create. Marriage is a convenient social construct and so are the words that describe the people involved. In modern times definition of marriage is wider and describing gay men as hubby, wifey or whatever is merely a throwback to more conventional times. They are only words. Marriage is a civil setup and therefore fluid. Get it?!
Andy Farrugia
Nov 10th 2012, 15:35
Perversion of language, perversion of words: the word "husband" has never ever been applied in any "jurisprudence" even within countries where same -sex marriage is allowed. The word "spouse" is usually and typically the term applied. But some intolerant, repulsive groups actually believe they can coerce others into submission; by stealthy methods and devious tactics they hope to distort reality.
Dru Francalanza
Nov 10th 2012, 14:30
totally missing the point people. yes, they are married, so they have the right to call each other husbands. end of.
the point is that the waiter's words and attitude are totally inappropriate and unjustifiable. it's offensive, rude, ignorant and hateful, and in my opinion he needs to be charged.
Joe Brincat-LL.D
Nov 10th 2012, 14:26
A Greek (imagine!) philosopher, Socrates in Phaedo stated that homosexual love is the purest form on love.
This Greek waiter should read Socrates. It would be all Greek to him !
All who are "straight" should remember that gays were born from a heterosexual union. And who am I to judge others, if my inclinations are not identical to theirs ?
Steve Pace
Nov 10th 2012, 15:49
Socrates may have said whatever he said about purity of love, however there have other more significant philosophers more recently who have stated otherwise...
and how about changing your statementt "All who are "straight" should remember that gays were born from a heterosexual union" to read something like "All who are "gay" should remember that they were born from a heterosexual union.
Joe Brincat-LL.D
Nov 10th 2012, 20:08
@Steve Pace. I quoted Socrates because he was definitely Greek, same as the waiter in the story. It does not mean that I endorse the conclusions of Socrates, as much as I do not endorse the behaviour of the Greek waiter.
Your second part- both are equally true and equipollent
Joe Fountain
Nov 10th 2012, 12:17
Folks it's time to wake up to the 21st century and to the fact that in the real world, a man having a husband, or a woman a wife, is not as shocking as it is in your clealry outdated bubble.
Andy Farrugia
Nov 10th 2012, 15:37
Repeating myths will not make them any more believable: even in countries where same -sex marriage is allowed, the term is "spouse". You cannot pervert language and meaning. Period.
Claudio Cilia
Nov 10th 2012, 11:04
I can't believe the comments below... when will that time where people realise that you just can't change nature arrive? When will people realise that you cannot change someone who is born gay? When will people realise that it's such a sensitive thing that when people argue against sexuality it's a huge pain for gays and is destructive to society? I have more to add but there is character limit :(
Alfred Falzon
Nov 10th 2012, 10:57
Extremism can never be condoned let alone barbaric threats of the like mentioned in the report.
What I find awkward, however, is the reference to "husband" ...!
If there is a husband then there must be a wife, no?!
Is the other male partner then the so-called "wife"?!!
The mind boggles!
Perhaps Dr Joseph Muscat may wish to explain what type of "family" is this!!
Alfred A.Falzon
Matthew Vella
Nov 10th 2012, 17:12
Theres nothing mind boggling about it..... Two men who are married are husband and husband. Case closed. Its very simple, although naturally some individuals can be a little slow so it has to be spelled out for them.
Alfred Falzon
Nov 10th 2012, 20:45
@Matthew Vella
How clever!
So now, according to you, what is upside down is right side up!
You need to stand on your head to see things clearly and jump to conclusions!
Alfred A. Falzon
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 08:12
Alfred, it appears you were already standing on your head, so it should not be difficult to continue to do so.
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 10:24
People can say what they like about gays. Point is - I've had to deal with my sexual demons and they're sorted. Just like for straight people. Except they think there is nothing to sort out (like the alcoholic in denial). So they go their merry, sad way, with their demons riding piggy-back. Sad, 'happy' creatures really. Food for thought of course for those able to digest. Look around you.
G Buhagiar
Nov 10th 2012, 09:39
Everyone has the right to life his/her life. Unfotunately , we still have people who dislike gay people. Very surprise the comments of the waiter when he said: "We don't like people like you in Greece..." Maybe this waiter is not well informed about his country, because in Greece the rate of gay people is not low. It is enough to read about ancient Greece ...
David Caruana
Nov 10th 2012, 09:00
The only party in Malta that endorses the LGBT group's stand on same-sex marriage is ALTERNATTIVA DEMOKRATIKA.
It's pretty simple - If you want change, vote for it!
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 10th 2012, 12:15
David, AD is not the only party that stands for gay rights. Gay marriage is a part, indeed a small part of the gay rights agenda. It affects only a few. So let's get things 'straight' for a change. I am getting somewhat tired of members of AD parading themselves as the only friends of gay men and lesbians. The PL has an excellent agenda too! It is time AD starts to co-operate with the PL.
Joe Borg
Nov 10th 2012, 08:23
The waiter should be charged ..... but the article title is hilarious!
Steve Pace
Nov 10th 2012, 07:56
I have always had this dilemma...
In restaurants and public places including Gyms & saunas we have segregation of sexes when it comes to toilets, showers . We have also come to the modern age whereby accessibility for the diversely able not an option but a must . Has it not come the time to have Gay Showers and Gay toilets thus respecting hetero sexual people .
Robert Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 07:11
I think that is kind of far fetched to do a hate crime investigation. The waiter has the right to hate anything that he wants to (agreeing with him or not is another thing). Having said that he should be kicked from his job and the restaurant should give a compensation to the couple as a sorry and to stop bad marketing. Being touchy doesn't help. having a mature approach will.
robert godano
Nov 10th 2012, 06:27
These are Maltese just like you and me. who cares what their sex orientation is or if the are husband and husband as long as they are happy let them be. Here we are looking at a severe rapture of the human rights and not at their sex orientation. Shame on you all, you should defend and protect co nationals not laugh at them. What is this world coming to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mario Borg
Nov 10th 2012, 05:44
I wonder what you bunch of homophobic would say if you son was born as such, would you send him away so that your Neighbours will not find out. This i 2012 and I can't believe there is so much hatred.
Joseph Ellul
Nov 10th 2012, 05:07
We live in a free world folks. A man and his husband. A woman and her wife. A politician and his male partner. The best one is: The philosofer and his goat. This happened in Greece thousands of years ago. This older Greecian went looking for a virgin boy but there were none left. Seeing that all the young boy lovers were taken, he opted for a goat as he reseoned that goat does not complain.
Mario Fenech
Nov 10th 2012, 03:29
A Greek , homophobic!!!!!! These people invented sodomy.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 10th 2012, 01:50
Well worth bearing in mind that "the English word husband, even though it is a basic kinship term, is not a native English word. It comes ultimately from the Old Norse word hsbndi, meaning "master of a house"...." Gay relationships are or should be about equality without the hierarchical heterosexual nonsense.
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 01:14
@MARK MIFSUD BONNICI(Yesterday, 20:34) I'd rather marry a dog than be one of those 'dogs' who say they 'love' women but only when between the sheets. At other times, the wenches are hated being seen as a source of anger, frustration and futile pastimes in the company of a sad retriever.
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 00:51
Following on..in Maltese Culture, one sure way of insulting a Maltese man is to tell him 'mur sib xi Grieg!' (go and get 'laid' by a Greek male). They don't like it. Their reputation follows them. Tough titties! as we say.
Not all straight Greek men engage in this sordid type of gayness but many do. Once I was almost raped - but resisted - by a plasterer restoring a church in Meteora. Voila!
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 00:48
People today refer to their 'partner', even unmarried straight couples. With gay couples, are they both 'husbands'?
Gayness in Greece is a hapless situation (TAKE IT FROM ME WHO KNOWS THE COUNTRY INSIDE OUT). Which is a paradox. Maybe they are trying to shake off a reputation thousands of years old. Meaning, if a gay man wants a straight man, a Greek man is his best bet. I can vouchsafe.
Joseph Grech Attard
Nov 10th 2012, 00:30
The waiter, and homophobes (of whom quite a number are homosexuals themselves), should be charged with manslaughter. There is more than physical violence to manslaughter someone; there is also psychological and mental manslaughter, which could affect a person for life. Homophobes, including some bloggers here, lack even the slightest notion of human rights! They should be brought to justice.
LOUIS ZAMMIT
Nov 10th 2012, 00:12
some comments here are so ignorant.......what is the world coming to????gay persons has been in the world from the old times..just beacuse now gay are being more open and want some rights.... come on LIVE and LET LIVE.. what does it matter that 2 guys or 2 girls are living as or a married couple........ we pay TAXES as MUCH AS YOU DO.... unbelievable
George Cremona
Nov 9th 2012, 22:14
In my opinion the Greek waiter should be brought to justice because his threat was very serious. On the other hand the phrase "A Maltese Man and his husband' sounds so hilarious for who of the two is the husband and the other partner who is not the husband what is he called? Or both of them are called husbands?
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 10th 2012, 01:37
I have to say that as a gay activist of 40 years this year, I find this mimicking of heterosexuals and their relationships somewhat disturbing. Whatever happened to our struggle for liberation - from patriarchal institutions and gender roles? We now have a breed of gay and lesbian conformists. I think the use of such terms trivialises our struggle for liberation.
S. Calleja
Nov 10th 2012, 06:35
It only sounds laughable to people who live in a cocoon and never lived outside a 27km rock.
Kenneth Grima
Nov 10th 2012, 07:21
Hilarious is how you had the courage to write it Mr.G.Cremona. Both are husbands because both are man so they are each other husbands. The same if they were 2 women, they would be wives each other wifes. Don't be sarcastic with something that you mind doesn't understand.
sue vella
Nov 10th 2012, 07:44
You gave us an example of "tizloq fin-niexef" at the end of your comment...you were faring well before that.
Patrick Jansen
Nov 10th 2012, 08:19
Why is it so hilarious? Yes, they are husband and husband.
joanne pace
Nov 10th 2012, 08:25
Try and work it out Mr. Cremona
Mr Henry A. Grima
Nov 9th 2012, 22:07
Anybody mention Sodom and Gomorrah?
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 10th 2012, 01:33
Sadly no! Sodom and Gomorrah is in your mind.
Kevin Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 05:54
thats the road,we re heading..you re spot on...
Mark Edward Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 08:20
Its seems you know well the place ... how was it ?
Franco Farrugia
Nov 10th 2012, 08:57
Still there?
Alfred Vassallo
Nov 10th 2012, 09:23
I will put it in an other way....Sodom and Gomorrah is being given a free reign......'A Maltese Man and his husband' Boqq...I guess one can say that they are re-writing history in a receding way.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:16
In the 1970s I proudly wore a badge that read: Sodom today, gomorrah tomorrow!
Claudio Cilia
Nov 9th 2012, 21:02
I can't see why people are so afraid.. we just don't like women.. why such a big deal!? ..Most probably most of the gays are more of a good hearted people than the most of you haters ... The World is a mess cause of this hate and unfairness ..is this what God wanted? No!, he wants love!
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 22:58
Claudio, I don't think that it is a question of "haters" or of people being afraid but it is very very difficult for a great many people in society to get their heads round gay relationships and gay marriage. It is unrealistic to expect the majority to agree with or embrace the concept but live and let live and tolerance are required. However your stated dislike of woment smacks of intolerance.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 10th 2012, 01:32
Claudio, gays are no more good hearted (and artistic) than heterosexuals. Let's stop stereotyping ourselves.
jason cassar
Nov 10th 2012, 06:36
Dear Claudio Despite decades of prevention efforts, HIV continues to increase among young gay men in urban areas, and most of these men are unaware they are infected, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide .
So now its a fact why the world is a mess !!
Steve Pace
Nov 10th 2012, 07:59
Option 1
gays are more of a good hearted people than the most of you haters
Option 2
is this what God wanted? No!, he wants love
decide !
Mark Edward Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 08:19
And many married men who claim to be straight have affairs with other gay men .... what is the big deal?
MARK MIFSUD BONNICI
Nov 9th 2012, 20:34
can I marry my dog?
S. Calleja
Nov 10th 2012, 06:32
Of course. Like marries like.
Edward Mallia
Nov 10th 2012, 07:21
Provided he is your hunting dog, I don't suppose you would think twice about it. However, most of us do rate a human being of whatever "sexual orientation" above dogs in our scale of values. You may recollect the old evaluation:... 'and you are worth much more than the birds'. Statistically, there would have been some 'gays' in that audience.
Mark Edward Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 08:17
Yeas sure animals marry animals and gay men marry other gay men
Robert Balzan
Nov 10th 2012, 09:17
Go right ahead, affects me in no way ... Wishing the both of you a life time of happiness :)
Matthew Grima
Nov 10th 2012, 15:43
Is the dog able to give you consent?
Matthew Vella
Nov 10th 2012, 16:56
Why not? You're the same species.
Andrew Terry Buttigieg
Nov 9th 2012, 20:08
Homophobia to the nth degree. Eh... issa hallihom jaghmlu li jridu, l-hajja taghhom. Dan il-Grieg m'ghandu l-ebda dritt jghidilhom x'jrid jaghmlu b'hajjithom.
Rosalind Agius
Nov 9th 2012, 19:50
Tal- misthija din. Live and let live.
j brincat
Nov 9th 2012, 18:19
@
Mr Pierre Portelli
"This waiter's reaction was extreme...but call themselves whatever they wish to people like me they will always be a gay couple never a MARRIED couple"
But then many would not care about the way you think about this, but it seems that this has never crossed your mind!
(jb)
Joe Xuereb
Nov 9th 2012, 17:53
Ah! the voice of experience, the mind that lives outside the box, the life that is not sheltered in cotton wool and cocooned like an idiot. It speaks the truth if from the gutter where reality dwells.
Inspired by Constantine Kavafy (gay Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and was published posthumouly at the beginning of last century).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy
Lee Micallef
Nov 9th 2012, 17:34
I dont mind what people do with their lives but people on here criticising others for having an opinion is a bit rich !
Matthew Vella
Nov 9th 2012, 19:01
How idiotic! As if what the man was doing was simply "having an opinion". I hope the waiter was fired.
Lee Micallef
Nov 12th 2012, 12:11
No Matthew i wasnt talking about the waiter i was talking about the comments people post on here !
P Bonnici
Nov 9th 2012, 16:53
This couple got in the UK what is denied to gay couples in Malta - civil partnership!
Mr C Galea
Nov 9th 2012, 17:09
its on its way thanks to P L
Mr Edward Caruana Galizia
Nov 9th 2012, 19:50
No it's not. The PL are not in favour of it.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 9th 2012, 21:44
Edward, unlike the PN, the PL favours civil unions. There are gay men and lesbians - some of whom have a long history of activism - who are dead set against marriage. You would be well aware that civil unions are usually a prelude to marraige. It is all all about evolution, not revolution. Just tell us what the PN has done in government? The last bill is just a cynical ploy.
Kenneth Grima
Nov 10th 2012, 07:41
@ Mr. Edward Caruana Galizia
Yes the PL are in favour of Civil Unions and I am a person that never voted for the PL but that is the truth and one has to accept it for gay people what the PL is offering is far more better, I would like to say otherwise but that is the truth.
Mr Edward Caruana Galizia
Nov 11th 2012, 02:14
No the PL is not in favour of same sex marriage. Neither is it in favour of same sex couples adopting. The closest they have come to it is saying that they would be only if it is in the interest of the children, which means they can then commission a report saying it doesn't ( which would be a total lie anyway) and leave the gay community hanging.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:23
Edward, you are no international law expert. The PN's and PL's policy with respect to the adoption of children is governed by international law as Malta is a signatory to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. The best interests prevail on each and every occasion and that applies to biolgical parents.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:26
Edward, in Australian courts, no one has a right with respect to children. Parents, biological and others, have duties and obligations, NOT rights. The difference between the PN and the PL is that with the PN there is an a priori assumption that it is not in the interest of children to be with gay parents. That is not shared by the PL.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 23:28
If AD were to be the governing party, it too would be required to comply with Malta's international obligations. The claim by Said that the best interests of children is the PN's policy is absolute nonsense. It is and must be the policy of all three parties.
S. Bugeja
Nov 9th 2012, 16:52
>have legs chopped off by Greek waiter
What is this, 1900??
Lisa Gouder
Nov 9th 2012, 15:59
Yes, why not Mr Spiteri?
Joe Grech
Nov 9th 2012, 15:55
'' A .......man and his husband'........What is this world coming to?!
Ms Kimberly-Jo Fenech
Nov 9th 2012, 16:34
Yes his husband. In what way is that personally affecting you?
R Saliba
Nov 9th 2012, 16:45
It seems that there are a few people who still have the closed minded mentality of the 1800s.
What is so wrong about that statement? If they are happy then we should be happy for them - they are human beings like your self who wish to have a normal life - which is very difficult due to people like you.
What would you do if someone close to you annouced that they love someone of the same sex?
Mark Anthony Fenech
Nov 9th 2012, 16:56
This world is slowly coming to a better place of acceptance and equality.
A Sciberras
Nov 9th 2012, 17:04
the world is becoming such a messy place to live in because everyone tries to mess with other peoples choice of how to live their life... yes they had every right to celebrate their anniversary and if what bothers you is the fact that they are man and husband.. you should consider your life priorities.. because what bothers me is the stupidity of the waiter.
Joseph Sammut
Nov 9th 2012, 21:33
@ Ms Kimberly-Jo Fenech: a man and his husband/a woman and her wife - tad-dahk. A man and his wife/a woman and her husband - now that's naturally pleasant!
Ms Kimberly-Jo Fenech
Nov 10th 2012, 08:05
@ Joseph Sammut
Says who?
Mark Edward Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 08:16
....a better place :)
Mr Vicente Yuste
Nov 10th 2012, 09:41
husband (ˈhʌzbənd)
— n
1. a woman's partner in marriage
2. archaic
a. a manager of an estate
b. a frugal person
Ms Kimberly-Jo Fenech
Nov 10th 2012, 10:52
hus·band (hzbnd)
n.
1. A man joined to a another person in marriage; a male spouse.
2. Chiefly British A manager or steward, as of a household.
3. Archaic A prudent, thrifty manager.
tr.v. hus·band·ed, hus·band·ing, hus·bands
1. To use sparingly or economically; conserve: husband one's energy.
2. Archaic To find a husband for.
Julien Catania
Nov 9th 2012, 15:24
They're not the embarrassment- the restaurant is.
Thomas Niesen
Nov 9th 2012, 14:47
Saddening that there are still people with such a narrow and primitive mindset out there.
Mr Pierre Portelli
Nov 9th 2012, 14:42
This waiter's reaction was extreme...but call themselves whatever they wish to people like me they will always be a gay couple never a MARRIED couple.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 9th 2012, 21:38
Who cares what you think Pierre.
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:01
@ Joseph Carmel Chetcuti: I don't think Pierre is alone in his thoughts.
Matthew Pace
Nov 9th 2012, 23:35
You are right Pierre, man and his husband how daft!
J J Lautier
Nov 10th 2012, 00:29
your opinion is of no importance, they are legally married END OF
Joseph Aquilina
Nov 10th 2012, 01:26
@joseph, yours is a typical reply from a liberal which shows disrespect at others... prosit.
Mark Edward Mifsud
Nov 10th 2012, 08:16
What difference it makes to you ???
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 10th 2012, 10:47
Matthew, I am sure you are right. If that is also your opinion, who cares about yours?
Matthew Grima
Nov 10th 2012, 15:46
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti: "Who cares what you think Pierre."
Although I agree with gay marriage, well it's more of lack of disagreement and big amount of not bothering as it doesn't affect me.
This kind of reply doesn't help your cause at all.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Nov 11th 2012, 09:49
Matthew, it is not MY cause. I do not own the gay and lesbian movement. It is everyone's cause and that includes self-respecting heterosexuals.
Stephen Mangion
Nov 9th 2012, 13:37
So much for open-mindedness - What a shameful treatment.
Ms G. Farrugia
Nov 9th 2012, 13:07
Ignorance reins in certain people.....tolerence is nowadays off many people's dictionary & practice.
For heaven's sake, LIVE & LET LIVE!
Please choose the reason of your report below: