A Chicago cab driver pulled over on the Kennedy Expressway last week,
and ordered gay couple Steven White and Matt McCrea out of his cab.
Their crime? They kissed.
“Rarely in my life have I ever wondered if I would have been
treated differently if I were heterosexual,” Steven said afterwards.
”That thought hardly ever crosses my mind, but last night I wondered.”
Though Chicago has anti-discrimination laws in place that should have
protected the men, the driver pulled over on the rain slick roadway, at
11:30 at night, and insisted they exit his cab on the shoulder of the
busy expressway. He told the men kissing was not allowed on public
transportation. When the men objected, pointing out the danger, the
driver eventually pulled into a grocery store parking lot at the next
exit.
The Park Ridge Police were called, and the driver told them the men
were “making sex.” The couple insist the only contact between them was
that one brief closed-mouth peck.
Steven and Matt plan to file a complaint with the Chicago Department
of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, which has promised they
will investigate. The driver’s employer, Sun Taxi Associates, had no
comment.
You can watch the men tell their story to the Chicago affiliate for CBS below:
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