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Gay Activists Set Up Kissing Booth at Ft. Worth's Stockyards

 Taren Reed     Created: 10/14/2009 6:51:01 PM    Updated: 10/14/2009 8:44:39 PM
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FORT WORTH, TX -- We've all seen kissing booths...but at Texas' Fort Worth's Stockyards on Saturday, there'll be one with a
twist.

It's a gay kiss-in.

With annual parades, public displays of homosexuality are not that uncommon, especially in places like Dallas' Oak Lawn.

But what about Ft. Worth's cowboys country headquarters, the Stockyards. This is where a group called 'Queer Liberation' plans a queer kiss in on Saturday.

It's the latest reaction to the police raid on the Rainbow Lounge.

The Fort Worth community has become more active in saying we are not going to accept 2nd class treatment anymore. And this kiss in will be a way to illustrate we want 1st class treatment.

The kissing booth will be on Exchange Street, right in the heart of the Stockyards and its bound to stir up controversy. In fact, one old cowboy has been quoted as warning gays that if they are not careful, they might be in for a whuppin'.

Hub Baker says kissing is fine, as long as they act like ladies and gentlemen -- organizers say that's the plan.

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