Please Sign Petition Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium: Allow Gay Couples to Register as Families

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This is my neighborhood fitness facility, please help these vets (and other non-traditional couples pay the same rate as Ohio's state sanctioned married couples)

story and link ....

My husband and I have been married for almost 4 months now. He is an injured Iraq war veteran and I am his caregiver. We do water therapy as well as light lifting at our local gym to help him get stronger and keep the pain levels down. We went into the Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium to switch our individual memberships into a family membership since we legally married in Washington D.C.

I proceeded to tell the woman behind the desk that we needed to change or memberships to a family membership so I can be recognized as his spouse and receive the benefits of spouse discounts as well as his military discount. The woman then proceeded to tell my husband and I that our marriage was not considered "real" and she could not update the systems to reflect us as married. When I began to ask why she informed me that the Natatorium has rules which state that they follow Ohio regulations and until the State of Ohio recognizes gay marriage then my marriage license means nothing.

Baffled by the situation we came home and attempted to call the mayor's office of the City of Cuyahoga Falls and was told that at this time he was not able to take calls on "those" issues and that if we would like to leave a name and number he could return a phone call at some point. Still disgusted with the whole situation we then proceeded to call the Natatorium itself and speak to a manager or supervisor. After being hung up on four times we were able to reach a supervisor. We explained the situation to her and stated that we felt like we were being treated as a second class citizens. We also told her that my husband fought for our country and has been severely injured in the war.
http://www.change.org/petitions/city-councilmember-allow-gay-couples-to-register-as-families

[Zalatix]

1. How many liberals are patrons there? They could issue a boycott threat.

[we can do it]

2. Considering We Are In Ohio, Not Enough To Matter I'm Afraid

and with the economy like it is, this place is very reasonably priced.

[Zalatix]

3. Bah. What to do, what to do

I'm heterosexual but this feels like the damned South all over again.

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4. My Partner and I Would Also Benefit

We were given the same line of shit at the Akron General Wellness Center

[Zalatix]

5. I wonder if a competitor could arise

That doesn't care whether you're a straight or gay couple. Show us the wedding license or whatever and it's all good.

I'd need to tweak that for common law married folk, no desire to discriminate against them.

[we can do it]

12. Well, Its Pretty Ugly Here In Ohio For Gays

They even tried to include another "we hate you" tidbit in the awful and DEFEATED Issue2/SB5

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Shame on them for denying you this benefit!

It makes me so angry to see our nation's gay and lesbian couples denied their marriage rights.

You ARE married, and they need to come to grips with this.

You are NOT second-class citizens, not in my book.

[RKP5637]

8. +1000 +++

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10. Thank You!

We've been together 22 years, I'm a retired firefighter, we are home owners and great neighbors. I volunteer - a lot especially for elections.

[RKP5637]

7. Done. This crap of denying marriage rights is sooo hateful. It is the south all over again.

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13. I Totally Agree

[jschurchin]

9. Done. K&R

Good luck to both of you. May your marriage be long and fruitful.

Peace,
John

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11. Thanks John, They Say Love Concurs All

[we can do it]

14. Kicking for a little more help on this

[ShaneMay]

15. Thank You

Hello. I was checking to see the progress of my petition and came across this link on google about it. Thank you so much to whomever started this to spread the word. There was a recent article published in the Cuyahoga Falls News Press today talking about the petition. It has been amazing to see the love and support from strangers and friends alike. Thank you all so much. The city responded that they are adhering to the laws set by the Ohio Constitution. Equality Ohio has been in contact with me and has looked into the laws set forth by the Ohio Supreme Court and nothing prohibits The Natatorium from defining marriage a different way they are choosing not to. Please keep spreading the word to everyone you know and let's get this guideline changed. Again thank you all so much.


Shane May

[Ship of Fools]

16. Done. Thanks!