Dana & Carol Credit: photo by Abe Louise Young

Scroll down to the end of this week’s Naked City to read a piece about two local gals, Dana Tomlin and Carol Campbell who wanted to rent a lovely scenic location at which to hold their commitment ceremony and were turned away from local rent-a-center Villa Antonia.

What if every monied queer group in town called the Villa to get price quotes to hold fundraisers, offer them double the asking price, and then let it slip that the fundraiser is for marriage equality?

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