More News on the Gay Couple's Incident at Research Medical

UPDATE on the Gay Husband Hospital Arrest

Some updates on the Research Medical Center/Gay husband drama.

The hospital put a sorry statement of their FB page. Many folks wasn't feeling this statement at all.

We appreciate your concern and would like to assure you that Research Medical Center puts the care of our patients as our #1 priority regardless of sexual orientation. We support all the communities we serve. We have a long history of commitment to a culture of diversity. Research Medical Center was one of the first hospitals in Kansas City to offer domestic partner benefits, which have been in place since 2005, and we have had a policy specifically acknowledging domestic partners’ visitation rights in place for years. 

This was an issue of disruptive and belligerent behavior by the visitor that affected patient care. The hospital’s response followed the same policies that would apply to any individual engaged in this behavior in a patient care setting and was not in any way related to the patient’s or the visitor’s sexual orientation or marital status. This visitor created a barrier for us to care for the patient. Attempts were made to deescalate the situation. Unfortunately, we had no choice but to involve security and the Kansas City MO Police Department. 

We would also like to correct the misinformation about a restraining order. There was no issue of a restraining order by the hospital.

That's interesting because reports said that they did. Anywho, later on that day, the hospital decided to let Roger see his husband. And there is some action being taken on the hospital.

I'm sure there will be more news to come from this.

In Missouri: Gay Man Arrested at a Hospital for Refusing to Leave His Partner's Bedside

This is really sad to hear.

Roger Gorley was arrested because he refused to leave his partner's bedside at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City. Roger legal has power of attorney over his partner’s affairs, however it's not enough. Because he's not legally recognized as a family member he couldn't stay in the room with him. In fact, it was a family member who told Roger to leave.

When Roger refused to go, security handcuffed him and took him out. Now, there's a restraining order preventing him from seeing his partner.

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More info is here