Christian Dingus, 28, was with his partner when, he says, employees told the couple not to kiss inside, and the argument escalated outside.

A gay man accused a group of Washington, D.C., Shake Shack employees of beating him after he kissed his boyfriend inside the location while waiting for their order.

Christian Dingus, 28, was with his partner and a group of friends at a Dupont Circle location Saturday night when the incident occurred, he told NBC News. They had put in their order and were hanging around waiting for their food.

“And while we were back there — kind of briefly — we began to kiss,” Dingus said. “And at that point, a worker came out to us and said that, you know, you can’t be doing that here, can’t do that type of stuff here.”

The couple separated, Dingus said, but his partner got upset at the employee and insisted the men had done nothing wrong. Dingus’ partner was then allegedly escorted out of the restaurant, where a heated verbal argument occurred.

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    I just understand what the person’s point was in bringing it up

    the point was, very obviously, to use a lie about the victims to justify the bigotry and violence against them-- over and over, and that’s exactly what they’ve done.

    and you’re defending using a lie to justify the bigotry and violence they faced.

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      That’s absolutely not at all what they were saying, idk if you’re reading a different comment or something.

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        2 months ago

        i’m not to blame for the terrible things they said and you endorsed-- and the evidence for it is here for all to see (and downvote, and mods to remove)

        don’t say such despicable things if you can’t face the consequences.

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          I hope one day you see how crazy this sounds, if it’s not intentional.

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            2 months ago

            i’ve been calling out these crazy comments for hours

            i’m not to blame for what others say here.

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              You are to blame for your own comments, and you come across as unhinged. You act like you’re some great crusader for truth, yet you make just as many accusations with just as little evidence as the person you’re calling out- but they at least had the self awareness to say “I could be wrong…”