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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Man that’s an unfortunate last name.

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Some christian dingus is who I’d expect to be the homophobe lol

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Lol I was reading that bit and felt really bad for poor middle school Dingus.

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I remember having to get my dad out of a burger king because two dudes smooched one another. That bigot never once in his life accepted that other peoples lives were their own and none of his business.

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Can I take a wild guess and also say that he’s more than likely one of those people that cry “the government needs to stay out of my business!!”

I know far too many of those people… It’s only bad if it’s aimed at them.

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Not anymore.

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It’s absolutely insane to me that people care so much what other people do. While my dad isn’t a bigot, nothing seems to be more interesting what other people do. He has to keep an eye on his neighbours all the time and tells me things like when their light is on at night. I keep telling him that i absolutely don’t care. He once asked me something about my neighbour and was shocked that i didn’t know. I didn’t tell him that i din’t even know his name, or anything really.

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Tell me your dad is the HOA president without saying your dad is the HOA president.

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Glutton for punishment if you’re homophobic and working at the Shake Shack in Dupont Circle.

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Heh, he’s called Dingus.

Sorry, Dingus, people kinda blow sometimes.

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His first name makes it even better/worse depending on which side of the srgument you’re on.

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Christian Dingus isn’t a name I would have thought a gay man to have. Seems like it should be the name of one of them born again Christians.

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If someone told me not to kiss my partner in their store, I would definitely start kissing 'em harder.

Also: Oh man… That guy’s name is unfortunate.

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Oh man… That guy’s name is unfortunate

Double whammy of being gay and having a funny last name. He must have caught a monumental amount of shit in school.

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