Man Denied Admission to Busch Gardens for wearing a kilt

[ctbuchanan]

They said he could not come in because he was wearing "a costume".

Here is his personal video on the incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHaG_kJCME4

For those overseas Busch Gardens is a number of very large amusement parks here in the States owned and operated by the brewing company.

[MacEanruig]

I saw a post about this in the "Kilt Trading Post" Facebook group. This video is after the fact, so I wonder what actually transpired.

[Rick Y]

After reading the email he sent Busch Gardens I think he shot himself in the foot with his closing. He states that wearing the kilt was not done as a costume but then makes a mockery of himself by giving himself a title and then listing positions held in various "organizations" that, to me, sound like they exist only in his mind and perhaps the minds of his role-playing friends. He would have been far better served had he omitted that part of his email. He also would have benefited by having someone check his spelling and grammar.

[MacEanruig]

After reading the email he sent Busch Gardens I think he shot himself in the foot with his closing. He states that wearing the kilt was not done as a costume but then makes a mockery of himself by giving himself a title and then listing positions held in various "organizations" that, to me, sound like they exist only in his mind and perhaps the minds of his role-playing friends. He would have been far better served had he omitted that part of his email. He also would have benefited by having someone check his spelling and grammar.

Excellent point! I went back and read the email you mentioned.

[Bruce Scott]

There is more from the horses mouth ("Sir" Hex Nottingham) here: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Ho...ticleID=161122

A snippet:
".. in March 2013 I was knighted under the Sword of Britain and ordained in the center of Stonehenge by the Druid King of Britain, Arthur Pendragon."

[The Q]

I n the UK it would be illegal to ban a man from entering the park if the ladies were allowed to wear skirts, due to sexual discrimination laws, I'm not sure if you can ban someone being "not of sound mind".

[hector]

I do not know the specific circumstances of this case, so I do not express an opinion on it. However, if the decision to refuse access to the gentleman would be based on the sole fact of him wearing the kilt than this is to be opposed by all means. This would be a clear case of gender discrimination and a brutal rejecting of cultural and/or historical traditions.

[Flavia]

http://www.13newsnow.com/story/featu...tire/74211046/

The guards insisted that it was a "costume" and told him he couldn't come in. When he tried to explain that it wasn't a costume, all they did was say "We don't allow costumes into the park." When management was officially contacted, they insisted that what he was wearing was "confusing", that he might be mistaken for a park worker Yeah. In a sweatshirt & work-boots. But the real point is that LOTS of people wear LOTS of costumes, and more costumey-type clothes, into the park during this time, and they are not turned away.

[Wareyin]

I have been to that park, years ago. They divide it into sections by country, with a Scottish area. I think they still have a large coaster called "The Loch Ness Monster", so I can understand why some might think a kilt signified being a park employee.

[Farmer Jones]

I wonder how they might have responded to a lady in a sari, or a man wearing a 3 piece Victorian style suit, in the manner of "steampunk", or perhaps a child with a blanket tied around his neck as a pretend super-hero cape.