Another Reason I Don't Like Golf

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I dislike golf. Maybe I haven't given it a fair chance, but it frequently bores me to tears when I experience golf-exposure from one of my family members.

And when I hear about what happened to a lesbian couple at San Diego's Bernardo Heights Country Club, my dislike of golf is compounded. B. Birgit Koebke paid the exorbidant $18,000 annual fee for a membership to this country club. The club then refused to extend the spousal rights — rights to play golf at discounted rates, I believe — usually offered to husbands and wives of members to Koebke's lesbian partner, Kendall French.

The club argues that the issue is not about sexuality, it's about marriage. A couple of any sexuality cannot enjoy certain benefits at the club if they aren't married.

But how can Koebke and French meet the criteria if they're not able to get married in the first place?

You can sure as hell bet they're fighting it in court. The hope is that the California Supreme Court will protect domestic partnerships under the anti-discrimination laws by the time this is all over.

Read the story here, on Reuters.com.