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 was shifting the other guy’s hypothetical into a comparable situation

    no, you were creating a straw man in order to justify the bigotry and violence the victims faced

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      Are you STILL trolling my posts. I’m responding to replies to me. You’re clearly camping on this thread (or my comment history) refreshing constantly in wait to post the same shit yet again. Get over it, dude.

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        facing the consequences of your actions is not a state of victimhood. if you don’t like getting called out for lies and bigotry, then stop doing that.

        but i’m going to keep calling you out.

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                  You’re one to talk. I’m a liar and a bigot in really every single comment. But please, continue the hypocrisy.

                  “But you are a liar and a bigot, which you’ve made obvious repeatedly.” And around we go.

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                    “But you are a liar and a bigot, which you’ve made obvious repeatedly.” And around we go.

                    not surprising that you find the need to lie again to defend yourself-- i never said this, but here you are, using a false quote you made up in order to claim victimhood.