Appeals court says lesbian couple not entitled to family membership

1/7/2009
By Janice Gregorson
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN

A lesbian couple from Rochester has lost an appeal that a local athletic club discriminated against them in refusing to sell them a family membership.

Amy and Sarah Monson filed a civil lawsuit against the Rochester Athletic Club in March 2007, alleging discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in violation of the state human rights act.

In November 2007, Olmsted District Judge Kevin Lund dismissed the lawsuit. The Monsons appealed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which upheld the district court decision Tuesday. the rest