Guard cracks down on hand-holding at Stein exhibit

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Tue Jul-19-11 04:48 PM
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Guard cracks down on hand-holding at Stein exhibit

Guard cracks down on hand-holding at Stein exhibit

Jane Levikow went to the Contemporary Jewish Museum Sunday afternoon to look at art. She ended up with a refresher course in San Francisco civil rights.

Levikow was in the gallery with her partner when she noticed a young lesbian couple in heated conversation with a security guard.

"They were holding hands," Levikow said, "and he told them they couldn't hold hands in the museum."

The couple did not agree. A small crowd began to form and the guard attempted to shoo the couple out the door to quiet things down.

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CaliforniaHiker

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Tue Jul-19-11 04:54 PM
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1. Bizarre

I can't even imagine what would prompt a guard to say something about an act as innocuous as handholding.

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nomb

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Tue Jul-19-11 05:11 PM
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5. I can't even imagine it being stopped in Alabama in this day and age. It's beyond bizarre.

Edited on Tue Jul-19-11 05:11 PM by nomb

Seriously, in any museum? Anywhere?

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Warren DeMontague

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Tue Jul-19-11 04:55 PM
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2. Gertrude Stein, no less.

Ironic.

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theoldman

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Tue Jul-19-11 04:57 PM
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3. In Russia people hold hands all of the time and they are not gay.

Edited on Tue Jul-19-11 04:58 PM by theoldman

I guess the Greek Orthodox Christians are more open minded.

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MrMickeysMom

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Tue Jul-19-11 05:05 PM
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4. Here... Is THIS better?

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dhill926

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Tue Jul-19-11 06:05 PM
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6. well.......

at least it's not as bad as making out during Schindler's List......

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nosmokes

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Wed Jul-20-11 12:35 AM
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7. I remember when museums used to hire students as guards instead of

contracting out to blackwater wannabees.It was kind of a win/win.

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