Gay Group Claims Discrimination At Campground
07.15.2008 5:00pm EDT
Pride Revolutions had rented about a dozen campsites at Longview Lake campground last weekend, but members say they were harassed by other campers almost as soon as they began arriving Friday night.
On Saturday, the group alleges, Jackson County park rangers told them to leave.
“We’re human beings like everyone else, and we just wanted to get together with our friends and have a nice weekend,” an unidentified member of Pride Revolutions told television station KCTV. “We weren’t trying to cause any trouble.”
A spokesperson for Jackson County Parks and Recreation told the station that the campers were asked to leave because they were drinking alcohol, had dogs without leashes and committed other campground violations.
The gay camper interviewed by the station, however, said that only one member of their group violated the rules, not all of them.
“This shouldn’t be tolerated. It’s 2008. This is ridiculous,” she told KCTV.
County officials later issued a statement saying a review of the incident was being undertaken to “ensure that all of our staff met the high standards and expectations we set for them in terms of friendliness, respect and professionalism.”
The statement noted that Jackson County was the first local government in the state to establish domestic partner registry and domestic partner benefits.




