Community | October 15, 2010 | 41 comments

Lesbians told to leave shopping center

source: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7725929

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A human rights group says it is looking into how a lesbian couple claimed it was treated while at Cameron Village in Raleigh.

The women say a security guard approached them after they had lunch Wednesday and forced them to leave the property.

"We just had lunch at the Flying Biscuit," Caitlin Breedlove said. "We were just walking around relaxing, like most couples do."

Breedlove says she and her girlfriend then decided to sit on a nearby bench.

"We had our arm around each other, kissed each other on the cheek," she said.

That's when she says a York Properties security guard approached them, became hostile and asked them to leave.

"And at that point, we asked, 'Would that be the same if it was a man or a woman?' Because we see a lot of men and women walking around, holding hands being affectionate and she said, 'No.'" Breedlove said. "It's because you're same sex, and it's not appropriate."

Breedlove says a security supervisor also asked them to leave.

"And as we got up to leave, we took each other's hands again and he said to us, 'See, you want it to be public, you want people to see,'" Breedlove said.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7725929
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