L-Word actress and musician Leisha Hailey took to Twitter yesterday after Southwest Airlines booted her and her girlfriend from a flight for kissing. According to Hailey, "Flt. attendant said that it was a 'family' airline and kissing was not ok." She followed up with, "We were escorted off the plane for getting upset about the issue. @SouthwestAir endorses homophobic employees. No one made her accountable," going so far as to ask for a boycott, saying, "I know plenty of wonderful same sex families I would like to introduce them to. Boycott @SouthwestAir if you are gay. They don't like us."

Southwest Airlines, who "take pride in [their] outreach and commitment to the GLBT community," responded with the following (very vague) statement:

Initial reports indicate that we received several passenger complaints characterizing the behavior as excessive. Our crew, responsible for the comfort of all Customers on board, approached the passengers based solely on behavior and not gender. The conversation escalated to a level that was better resolved on the ground, as opposed to in flight. We regret any circumstance where a passenger does not have a positive experience on Southwest and we are ready to work directly with the passengers involved to offer our heartfelt apologies for falling short of their expectations.

Granted PDA can be frustrating if excessive or if you're a bitter lonely queen. However, we were on a Southwest flight from John Wayne Airport to SFO this month where a woman sporting long pigtails well into her late 30s/early 40s sat on her boyfriend's lap in the terminal and during part of the flight, making out most of the time. No one said a word. A kerfuffle was never raised. (Also, she was wearing a "nerds have bigger hard drives" skank tank. Which, double ew.)

This most recent incident comes on the heels of Southwest barring noted director Kevin Smith from flying, claiming he was too fat, and grounding Billie Joe Armstrong, because his pants were too saggy.