{"id":6106,"date":"2012-07-06T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T17:09:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-06T17:09:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T17:09:38","slug":"pro-gay-petition-attracts-over-150-000-in-48-hours-private-club-changes-family-membership-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/07\/pro-gay-petition-attracts-over-150-000-in-48-hours-private-club-changes-family-membership-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-gay petition attracts over 150,000 in 48 hours, private club changes \u201cFamily Membership\u201d policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A two-year-old boy and his two gay dads will no longer be banned from a Roanoke, VA, private swimming pool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/pool\" target=\"_blank\">after more than 150,000 people signed an explosive petition on <strong>Change.org<\/strong><\/a> urging the Roanoke Athletic Club to change its club\u2019s \u201cfamily membership\u201d policy, which discriminated against same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>The Carilion Clinic, which owns the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carilionfitness.com\/locations\/RAC\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Roanoke Athletic Club<\/strong><\/a>, was under fire after denying Will Trinkle, Juan Granados, and their two-year-old son to join the club as a family, prompting the family to file a lawsuit. 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