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I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you!
God Bless America
Except Idaho
Fuck Idaho
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A08587…
Also, Idaho? No, you da ho. (I am five)
Every time I try to comprehend these peoples conception of a "family" or "marriage" it makes my head hurt.
Someone there needs to learn customer service skills and how to successfully run a business.
I don't think any of the "family" discounts I've ever heard of have taken the "family" part very seriously. They usually define "family" as X number of adults and X number of children under a certain age.
My friend had a museum membership for two adults and four "children" (under 19). We showed up as three teenagers and after checking our IDs for age verification, they let us in with no fuss.
All that stuff - the "kids eat free" and "kids fly free" and "kids stay free" and "free admission for kids" - the only rule is that the kid has to be accompanied by an adult. (And maybe there's a limit to the number of kids that can get free stuff). HOW is this any different from getting the "family discount" for admission anywhere?
Here's one for you - I took four girls to Skate King and the girl at the desk gave me the family rate automatically. I said to her, "But they're not all mine." And she said, "Oh it doesn't matter - the family rate includes up to four kids." And yes, I was the only adult. (@2).
This is just awful.
THis isn't a case of them not qualifying as a family, it's a case of discrimination against same-sex couples.
"The legal guardian and the children received the family discount. Her unmarried partner was not included in this and paid separately in accordance with attached policy. Poor reporting on the part of the Idaho State Journal."
Here's the relevant bit from the policy, which still would seem to say that everyone should get the discount: "...Parents are defined as those adults who are either legally obligated to the care of the dependant children or are married to the adult who is the parent of the dependant children. Single parents and their children are eligible for the discount. Adults who are raising their siblings are eligible for the discount."
I sent the guy a flaming rant and he replied graciously. Just sayin'.
It was common place in Idaho for state and local government agencies to discriminate against gays based on the anti-sodomy laws before the supreme court overturned them.
Now they have a new law to use in justifying discrimination. Anti gay marriage laws are just a thinly veiled excuse for active discrimination.
ah.
mormons.
mormons are the 'Godwin Nazis' of slog.
how many posts does it take before mormons are brought up and blamed?
on slog, not many.
of course now it turns to "but the partner should have been included as a member of the family" - (which is certainly true and I can't believe anyone would argue with the couple at the front desk if it came to that) - but I am glad to know that this story is not as over the top as it appeared.
I informed them that I would not be bringing my business to them this summer, and would encourage others to do the same.
Mark.Lowe@lhs.idaho.gov
Keep in mind this is a state that still has a fornication law, which is occasionally enforced and many hope to see enforced more regularly against teens.
http://www.idahovaluesalliance.com/news.…
Finally, what if the children in the pool saw a family with gay parents acting normal and having fun? Then children would think it is normal and acceptable to be gay instead of the impression they get from news coverage featuring gratuitous shots of bare asses in chaps from the Folsom Street Fair.
Everyone in IDAHO is a bigot.
EVERYONE.
Every last one of them.
Of course, I've never been to IDAHO.
But I know that every single person in IDAHO is a BIGOT.
I know this.
Because I am a
hip
open-minded
tolerant
Liberal
Seattle hipster.
That's a great idea, Dan...
let's boycott IDAHO!
We've already brought Utah to it's knees,
after all-
We're going to be reading a lot of these stories in coming years, as bigots, who believe they have the full backing of their society and government behind them, discover that they are actually flailing alone in mid-air like Wile E. Coyote after running off a cliff.
You almost can't blame the poor guy; he doesn't have the capacity to understand what's happening in his world. He's like the yokel from the sticks who comes into town for the first time, but doesn't know there's no parking from 4-6 PM on this street. By rights, we should really be feeling sorry for him. The two women and their kids don't get to swim at a discount, which is too bad, but the pool guy doesn't get to live in the real world, which is much, much worse.
The result of this is the success of the Mormon church in Idaho. The people of Idaho did not like them any more than the several states that ran them out before that were forced to go so far west. Once in Idaho they found a tolerance people who did not care for them but also did not care what they did on their own property.
Years passed an the Mormons become successful and prosperous and took control of state government. The laws of Idaho enforce the ideology of Mormonism and those laws are used to oppress homosexuals.
While it is true that not all Idahoans are bigots. it is true that the state is hostile to gays and the law enforces that hostility.