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Hope you enjoyed your meal, I'll take this whenever you're ready.
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Your ring is just so beautiful, I've been admiring it this whole time.
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Thank you. Your husband has great taste.
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Oh! It's my wife actually, I'm so lucky to have her in my life.
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Wife?
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It's a scenario ripped right from the headlines,
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at a restaurant in Illinois, a couple refused to tip their waitress,
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simply because she's a lesbian.
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They leave her a note saying:
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'Can't tip someone who doesn't love Jesus! Bad tattoo.'
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And that tattoo; an equality sign in rainbow stripes on the waitress' arm.
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Well, she's not getting any extra money out of us.
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If you overheard this couple,
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Marriage is heterosexual by definition.
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skip out on tipping their waitress, simply because she's gay;
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It even says so in the bible.
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what would you do?
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Today, our hidden cameras are rolling at
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the Daily Planet, New York, and instead of a tattoo,
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our actress Leah will be wearing this pin, promoting LGBT pride,
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which hits close to home. 'You may now seal your vows with a kiss.'
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She's happily married to her wife, Stacy.
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Alright guys, hi, I have this for you
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I'll get it when you're ready. (Couple: Thank you so much.) You're welcome.
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Your ring is so pretty, beautiful. Thank you
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What does your husband do?
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Oh, my wife's an accountant.
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You... you're married to a woman.
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Yeah! I have a picture if you want to see.
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No no, actually I don't want...
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You're a lesbian?
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Yeah.
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Right away, our couple's words
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draw in disapproving looks.
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Is that what that pin...
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Isn't it gay rights...thing?
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All three women are listening.
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This one in particular. She's jumping in... watch out.
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Excuse me?
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You don't need to be having this conversation with her right now.
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What she chooses to do with her life is her life...
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Are you hearing what she's saying?
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She's a lesbian.
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You know that's a sin? We're very religious.
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Are we supposed to support this? Are we supposed to give her a tip?
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Is she asking me for a tip?
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I can't believe they hire people like that here.
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I can't believe they hire people like this here.
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She then suggests to our waitress to just walk away.
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Thank you.
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And this woman...
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You don't agree to this, do you?
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With the way we feel, right?
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She quickly shuts down our couple.
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Okay, let's go. This is the world we live in.
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Don't leave a penny more.
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After our couple storms off,
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we send our waitress back in.
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Thank you.
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And these two customers rally together to show their support.
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That show?
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Alright, let's go and break this one, alright.
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Well, in this case it certainly is.
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Time to say, hello.
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Hi there, how are you?
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Oh my god.
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It's 'What Would You Do?'.
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It's a show, I said it was!
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I watch this show all the time, I'm literally shaking.
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You were very upset.
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I was very upset. Nobody deserves to be treated that way, regardless of how they choose to be.
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Your message to people who believe what they believe?
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Don't judge. We need to be more openly accepting of people.
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Others serve criticism, with a strong dose of sarcasm.
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We'll pay for the food but we're not giving her a tip.
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But some people see eye to eye with the couple!
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But it's wrong.
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She's so pretty, I didn't even think she was a lesbian.
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That's a sin.
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We roll again, and this time our husband writes a message on the bill, just like those diners did in Illinois.
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I'm writing: 'We don't tip sinners.'
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That'll be her tip.
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Our angry and frustrated wife then turns to these customers for reassurance.
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I mean, would you tip her?
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We're not going to give her money for her life.
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But, once again, no tip from our disgusted duo.
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You guys can tip her.
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Our waitress comes back in to grab the cheque.
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What?
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Yeah... did they tell you?
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Really?
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We roll one last time.
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Is this okay to take?
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No, no. I haven't done it yet.
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But understand, don't be looking for a tip in here.
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There won't be one.
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Immediately, this woman jumps right out of her seat.
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God has judged her, it's in the bible.
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She's pushing her agenda with that pin on her.
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Why are you defending her? Why are you defending this lesbian?
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Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
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We'll pay for our meal, but we're not leaving a dime, a tip.
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I'm not supporting that lifestyle.
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As things get more heated,
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Such a shame. I'm disgusted.
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these women try to cool things down.
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Thank you for saying something.
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Strangers standing up for this victim of bullying, that seems to be the special of the day here.
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Hi Sir, how are you doing?
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This is What Would You Do, I'm John Quinoñes.
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You were not about to stand for it.
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No. Bottom line, no.
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I was ready to let 'em have it. You've got to respect people's feelings and their lifestyle. That's just the way it should be.
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What did you think?
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I was very upset.
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It's just, she reacts more externally, and I'm more in here shaking.
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And in the end, my first thing was to go hug her.
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Love is love, and I just can't - I just couldn't stand for it.
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And you know what? It's programs like yours that teach people to stand up in these types of things.
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What do you think of the reactions?
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I mean just to have people - she literally stood up
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It's nice to see that other people, even if they don't feel the same way, you know, that they support you.
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And it's real for a lot of people, in a lot of different ways. Not just gay people, but people get discriminated against all the time so
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it's real.