When is a kiss not just a kiss? When it’s two women kissing at a baseball game, according to Safeco Field authorities.

An usher approached Sirbrina Guerrero and her date in the third inning of a Seattle Mariners game and asked them to stop kissing because it was making another fan uncomfortable. The usher told them he had received a complaint from a woman nearby who said there were kids in the crowd and parents would have to explain why two women were kissing.

The incident has exploded on local TV, talk radio and online, launching a debate over public displays of affection in gay-friendly Seattle. “I was really just shocked,” Guerrero said. “Seattle is so gay-friendly. There was a couple like seven rows ahead making out. We were just showing affection.”

After an investigation the Mariners said their staff had acted appropriately. The ushers stopped the women because they were “making out” and “groping,” not because they were both women. “We have a strict nondiscrimination policy at the Seattle Mariners and at Safeco Field, and when we do enforce the code of conduct it is based on behavior, not on the identity of those involved,” a Mariners spokeswoman said. “The women refused to modify their behavior, began swearing at the seating hosts and complained that they were being singled out for their sexual orientation.”

Guerrero denied she and her date were groping each other, saying that along with eating garlic fries, they were giving each other brief kisses. Now that’s love: kissing someone while eating garlic fries.

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