Kissing campers get kicked out, and more

Kissing campers get kicked out

A 15-year-old Connecticut girl was kicked out of sleep-away camp for kissing a boy. A lawsuit filed by her parents says that after learning of the “innocent” kiss, the director of Camp Emerson in Massachusetts called the girl a “slut” and a “tramp,” and expelled her and the boy from the camp. The lawsuit says many other campers have been caught kissing without getting kicked out.

Judge says casino waitresses are sex objects

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A New Jersey judge ruled that casino waitresses are “sex objects” who can be fired for gaining weight. Waitresses in the Borgata Hotel’s “Babe” program sued over a rule requiring them to stay close to their hiring weight. But Judge Nelson Johnson said any woman hired as a “Babe” had voluntarily agreed to become “a sex object to the Borgata’s patrons.”