A country club that granted married couples benefits it denied to gay couples registered as domestic partners was in violation of California civil rights laws, the California Supreme Court ruled this morning.Good stuff!
The wide-ranging ruling means that any benefits that California businesses provide to married couples must be offered to registered domestic partners.
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[Justice Carlos R. Moreno] wrote that "permitting a business to discriminate against registered domestic partners by denying them benefits or services it extends to spouses violates the comparable public policy favoring domestic partnership."
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"For registered domestic partners, it means when they walk into a business, they are entitled to be treated the same way as spouses are," said Jon Davidson, legal director for Lambda Legal Defense Fund, which argued the case.
Note to social conservatives: Progress will not be stopped, no matter how much you wail. Even a few years ago, such a ruling was a dream at best, but the bravery and tenacity of the LGBT community has turned the tide, and there are plenty of us progressives, breeders, fag hags, fag magnets, metrosexuals, and plain old-fashioned believers in genuine equal rights who will continue to fight along side them until they have won every last battle for full equality. So give it up, pricks. You're never going to win this one because you're just bloody wrong.
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