Cabbie Ordered to Pay $15,000 After Telling Women to Quit Kissing or Get Out - Lizette Ayala

Two women in a New York cab exchanged a kiss. But the cab driver was not too pleased with their demonstration of affection, telling them to stop or get out. They said that Mohammed Dahbi shouted the following during their trip from Columbus Circle to Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, "keep that for the bedroom or get out of the cab."

The upset couple exited the cab, confronting him and disputing fare charges, refusing to pay the fare. Things quickly got heated and the women described that Dahbi began to shout and called them extremely deragatory names.  

Upset over their alleged treatment, the women contacted the Commission on Human Rights, which filed a complaint with New York City’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. In Dahbi’s defense, he indicated that the two women almost undressed in his cab on that fateful night, distracting him from driving, and that they made offensive comments about his ethnicity. The incident occurred in 2011, and the couple just had their day in court in March. Under New York State Law, public and private businesses are prohibited from refusing service based on sexual orientation. The judge recommended a ruling in favor of Spitzer and Thornton and awarded $5,000 in damages to each of the women. The judge also fined the city $5,000 and required Dahbi to take antidiscrimination training.

- This relates to many different movements. Including the current fight towards equal rights in the gay community and the Civil Rights Era of the 1960's. In both instances people are/were fighting for the equality of all people regadless of ethnicity, sex, etc.

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