A Missouri couple is considering next steps after a federal judge dismissed their discrimination lawsuit against a local senior community this week. Bev Nance, 68, and Mary Walsh, 72, of Shrewsbury, Missouri, filed the lawsuit against Friendship Village in July 2018. “At no time do Plaintiffs assert that had they been men involved in a same-sex relationship or marriage, they would have been admitted as residents in Friendship Village,” the ruling, which can be found here, continued. “Planning for senior housing is a big decision, and Mary and Bev chose Friendship Village because it was in their community, they had friends there, and it offered services that would allow them to stay together there for the rest of their lives,” attorney Julie Wilensky of the National Center for Lesbian Rights told HuffPost in an emailed statement. “The discrimination they experienced was very hurtful.”She added, “If Mary were a man married to Bev, instead of a woman married to Bev, Friendship Village would not have turned them away.

Source: Huffington Post January 18, 2019 22:41 UTC