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The gay families were left to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/WhatWouldYouDo\/waiter-harassing-gay-parents\/story?id=10669767\"><strong>ABCNews.com<\/strong> says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>We decided to put America&#8217;s comfort level with gay parents to the test and set out for a diner in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y., to find out. We rigged the restaurant with hidden cameras and hired actors Traci Hovel and Lisa Birnbaum to play our lesbian couple. Marina March, 10, and Anthony Ippolito, 9, played their two children. 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