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Robart added that for every person who signed the Mays’ petition, there is a resident opposed to extending the mily rate to gay couples, and as soon as we make an exception for the gays, we will get a taxpayer lawsuit saying why are you giving them a break when their marriage is illegal in Ohio?
The two married in October and sought to take advantage of the mily plan at the Natatorium when the woman behind the desk informed the couple that the marriage was not considered real, and she could not update the systems to reflect us as married, Shane May wrote.
We may not have the authority to act on this at all, said Diana Colavecchio, a council member and attorney. However, if council does have the authority to set the policy and define what qualifies for a ‘mily rate’ at the Natatorium, I would support expanding the definition of ‘mily’ to include gay couples married in other states.
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After Natatorium employees turned them down, Shane and Coty May set up a petition on the website Change.org seeking support. More than 700 people from around the country have signed it, with each signature automatically sending every City Council member an email.
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The city does have an Equal Employment Opportunity statement that prohibits discrimination on the basis of ual orientation when it comes to hiring, but Robart said he doesn’t see a conflict between that position and the Natatorium rate rules.
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She noted that the Nat’s rules are set by an independent park board and not the City Council. Aohio marriage licenseccording to the Natatorium wGay couple fights to be recognized for mily membership at Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium, ohio mebsite, a single nonresident membership is $495 a year; adding a spouse costs $730 annually.
It’s apples and oranges, he said.
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He said he also doesn’t want to set a precedent for changing guidelines every time something pops up. You can’t change the rules for every scenario. He added that the Natatorium already has more than 100 different rate plans for its 10,000 members.
Mayor Don Robart said he doesn’t think it is likely that the city would be allowed to recognize the Mays’ marriage because Ohio’s legislature has specifically banned gay marriage.
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I am asking you to sign this petition to show the City of Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium that equality should be given to every citizen, Shane May wrote, adding: A mily comes in all shapes and sizes and the Natatorium, [adult school] Dance India Dance promoted through dance mob at Don 2 intervals (0) 2011-12-26 9:4:1 Parks and Recreations, and City Council should not be allowed to discriminate against our mily.
After a quick Beacon Journal survey of other area city-operated fitness centers, Cuyahoga Falls might be the exception.
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CUYAHOGA FALLS: The City Council will seek a legal opinion as to whether Cuyahoga Falls is required to — or even allowed to — give mily membership rates at the Natatorium to gay couples legally married in other states.
The city has turned down mily membership requests by heteroual domestic partners with children, Robart added.
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The Twinsburg Fitness Center allows domestic partners, including married gay couples, to purchase mily memberships.
He said he will ask Law Director Paul Janis to advise as to the city’s obligation.
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The matter suced recently when two Akron men, married three months ago in Washington, D.C., asked to convert their individual memberships at the city-owned physical fitness center to a mily membership.
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After Tuesday’s council meeting, members talked of being inundated with emails, and Council President Mark Ihasz said while he is undecided on the issue, he just wants to get the emails to stop.
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, he said.
At the Medina Community Recreation Center, a former married couple membership was changed to two person, same household a long time ago, recreation supervisor Kurt Gehring said.
They say, it’s like we’re married, and I say, no you’re not, he said.
Shane and Coty May could not be reached Wednesday, but they explained their situation in their online plea for support at
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Shane May said he is the caregiver for his spouse, an injured Iraq war veteran, and that Coty May does water therapy as well as light lifting at our local gym to help him get stronger and keep the pain levels down.
Also, same couples in the same household can buy a mily membership at any Akron Area YMCA cility.