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Ohio Rec Center Won't Sell Family Pass To Lesbian Couple
WCMH-TV Columbus, Ohio ^ | April 28, 2005

Posted on 04/28/2005 10:13:37 AM PDT by Columbus Dawg

MASON, Ohio -- A lesbian couple says a community recreation center's refusal to sell them a family pass because they aren't married is discriminatory.

Heather Scott, 33, and Carrie Scott, 40, applied for the family pass for themselves and Heather Scott's three children who live with them and were told they don't meet the city's definition of a married couple.

"We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner and the children's stepmother since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002. "Our family is the same as the one across the street. It's a little different makeup, but we deserve the same as everyone else."

City Law Director Ken Schneider said the taxpayer-financed Mason Community Center's policy is not discriminatory.

The center offers family memberships to married couples or single adults and any children residing in the same household and claimed on their most recent federal income tax return.

Mason officials say the policy, in place since the center opened in 2003, isn't intended to ban same-sex partners. They say they just wanted to find a definition of family and decided the federal standard was the best.

"We were just trying to put our arms around it," said Michael Hecker, director of the parks and recreation department in this city 20 miles northeast of Cincinnati. "We just didn't want to be taken advantage of by 10 people who don't live together."

Mason officials say the Scotts can still be members of the center, but they must get an individual membership for Carrie. Annual family passes cost $525 a year for residents. A separate membership for Carrie would cost an extra $335.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; gays; homosexualagenda; issue1; marriage; mason; ohio
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I gotta imagine the ACLU, every trial lawyer, and liberal activist is en route to Mason, Ohio as we speak.
1 posted on 04/28/2005 10:13:44 AM PDT by Columbus Dawg
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To: Columbus Dawg

I can't wait till some necro shows up with his stiff wanting the same pass ....


2 posted on 04/28/2005 10:15:43 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: Columbus Dawg

I wish science would hurry up and figure out if homosexuality is a choice or not. I can't make a decision until then.


3 posted on 04/28/2005 10:16:01 AM PDT by Flightdeck
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We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner

It's a little different makeup

Please make up your mind.

4 posted on 04/28/2005 10:16:07 AM PDT by skip_intro
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To: Columbus Dawg
"We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner and the children's stepmother since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002. "Our family is the same as the one across the street."

If this was an audio clip, Laura Ingraham would have the Lie of The Day right here!

5 posted on 04/28/2005 10:17:29 AM PDT by Houmatt (Another dead child in Florida! When are we gonna stand up and say, "Enough!")
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We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner

Oh, I beg to differ hon.

6 posted on 04/28/2005 10:17:35 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (If you're not part of the solution, YOU ARE the problem.)
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To: Flightdeck

"We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner and the children's stepmother since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002."

No - you are very different. You are sexually perverted and should not be allowed to parent children. And you certainly should not be rewarded for your perversion by receiving "family" benefits.


7 posted on 04/28/2005 10:17:40 AM PDT by mlc9852
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To: Columbus Dawg
"We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner and the children's stepmother since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002.

Correct, you're not and as such like anybody else if you marry a member of the opposite sex you win the family pass lotto. Until then, no special rights for you.

8 posted on 04/28/2005 10:17:46 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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"We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott

Sorry, but you are.

9 posted on 04/28/2005 10:17:56 AM PDT by AbeKrieger
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To: Flightdeck

http://www.therightoutlook.com/blogs/levi/2005/01/22/homosexual_behavior

Read this, i found it insightfull.


10 posted on 04/28/2005 10:22:32 AM PDT by Right Wing It (www.conservativetruths.blogspot.com)
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There are also more homosexual arguments on this guy's site as well.


11 posted on 04/28/2005 10:23:05 AM PDT by Right Wing It (www.conservativetruths.blogspot.com)
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The center offers family memberships to married couples or single adults and any children residing in the same household and claimed on their most recent federal income tax return.


12 posted on 04/28/2005 10:24:09 AM PDT by bigsigh
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A lesbian couple says a community recreation center's refusal to sell them a family pass because they aren't married is discriminatory.

Ummmm.... It seems that the community recreation center won't sell them a family pass because they are not a family.

13 posted on 04/28/2005 10:24:29 AM PDT by Skooz (Jesus Christ Set Me Free of Drug Addiction in 1985. Thank You, Lord.)
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"refusal to sell them a family pass"

They should just show them their "licker license"


14 posted on 04/28/2005 10:25:13 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Choose life!)
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To: Columbus Dawg

If I show up with my 35 wives, can I get the discount?


15 posted on 04/28/2005 10:25:30 AM PDT by cicero's_son
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To: Columbus Dawg
We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner and the children's stepmother since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002. "Our family is the same as the one across the street. It's a little different makeup, but we deserve the same as everyone else."

Not quite Carrie!!!!

16 posted on 04/28/2005 10:28:00 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Right Wing It

The point I like best is about how if homosexuality is genetic, then identical twins with identical dna would always be either both straight or both gay. Since they aren't, it isn't hardwired into the genes. Makes sense to me.


17 posted on 04/28/2005 10:30:55 AM PDT by Flightdeck
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To: EdReform; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; stage left; Yakboy; I_Love_My_Husband; ...

Homosexual Agenda Ping.

Boo Hoo. So sad, two psychologically imbalanced sexual deviants posing as a "family" suffer a defeat. May this be the harbinger of the future.

Back in the Closet!

Let me know if you want on/off this pinglist.


18 posted on 04/28/2005 10:31:36 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Resisting evil is our duty or we are as responsible as those promoting it.)
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...since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002.

Vermont must be a pathetic place to live. It was once known for it's precision machine tool and firearms industries. Now its known only for its lesbian couples and liberals.

19 posted on 04/28/2005 10:32:05 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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"Our family is the same as the one across the street. "

She failed to mention that the family across the street are also two sexually confused perverts.
20 posted on 04/28/2005 10:33:13 AM PDT by Mulch (tm)
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