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  • Court: Businesses can't deny discounts to gay domestic partners

    08/01/2005 12:44:34 PM PDT · by SmithL · 31 replies · 1,049+ views
    AP ^ | 8/1/5 | LISA LEFF
    San Francisco (AP) -- A country club must offer spousal discounts to same-sex domestic partners, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday, saying that a San Diego golf course discriminated against lesbians when relatives of married members played for free. Deciding a case brought against Bernardo Heights Country Club in San Diego, the state's highest court said that allowing the families of married members to golf gratis while charging the partners of gay members constitutes "impermissible marital status discrimination." While businesses might have once claimed a legitimate business interest for maintaining different policies for married couples and gay members who cannot...