A Jacksonville museum is changing the rules of family membership for a family with two moms.
Karen Lee-Duffel, her partner and their two daughters have had a family membership at the Hands On Children’s Museum for three years.
This year, when the family went to renew, an employee told Lee-Duffel she’d have to pay an extra ten dollars for her partner, because “a family membership consists of one mom and one dad,” Lee-Duffel told WTLV news. In a statement to media, the Museum Director substantiated the claim, saying family memberships are very specific and do not allow substitutions.
Since the state of Florida does not recognize same-sex marriages, the museum doesn’t have to either and are legally allowed to limit memberships as they see fit.
The Lee-Duffels will be getting their culture at a different museum this summer, WTLV news reports.
