Gay Dad Handcuffed & Banned from Wal-Mart

And yet one more reason to a few pennies more and NOT shop at Wal-Mart!

According to Metro Weekly:

Joe Paolucci, who along with his twin sons and his partner, Thomas Hitchcock, have been banned from all Wal-Mart stores — not because they stole anything, but because they resisted being taken out of sight by store employees who falsely accused them of stealing. Apparently, one of the gay fathers went to check out groceries while the other went back to get some Bic lighters, who then separately used the self-checkout aisle to purchase the lighters. They were both detained by Wal-Mart employees, who they said were rude and threatening and demanded they proceed to an isolated area. When they refused and asked for police to be called, the responding officers were not friendly to the couple either, they say. After 45 minutes of being separated from their children and each other — one put in handcuffs, no less — they were told that store videotapes showed they had done nothing wrong. But instead of an apology, the store’s staff read a statement that said they were ”being uncooperative,” and that they were banned for life from all Wal-Mart stores.

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