- ABC News
- September 28, 2011
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When it comes to public displays of affection, how much is too much on an airplane? Leisha Hailey, an actress and musician who starred on the Showtime lesbian life drama, The L Word, tweeted this week that Southwest Airlines drew the line when she kissed another woman and was later escorted off the plane. "I have been discriminated against by @SouthwestAir,'' Hailey tweeted on Monday. "Flight attendant said that it was a 'family' airline and kissing was not ok.'' Hailey, and the other woman, Camila Grey, said in a written statement Tuesday that they were filing a formal complaint with Southwest and that "we were not making out or creating any kind of spectacle of ourselves. It was one modest kiss.'' Southwest said in a statement on its website that the women responded to flight attendants with profane language, and though the airline also had "reports of what customers characterize as an excessive public display of affection, ultimately their aggressive reaction led to their...