The only people you’re going to get responding to this are going to be people either strongly in favor or strongly against gay marriage.
It is not justice when we have laws that cannot be bent, and moreover, will not be bent just to spite someone. [I’m assuming that] The hospital’s rule according to state law is that the only person allowed to be in a room is the spouse. If someone is not the legal spouse of that person, then they can’t be allowed in. If it were to surface that the hospital broke the law and let someone be in the room who was not a spouse, the hospital could face serious charges [regardless of the conditions involved].
I could argue either side of this. The thing I believe that makes this mean-spirited is that the ER worker told the lady that she was in an anti-gay city and state, and that’s specifically why she couldn’t get in. That’s following the law to a tee, but with the intent of gay-bashing, instead of the intent of following the law.
But I have to agree with cprevite, it’s easy to complain about these things, but that doesn’t change anything. The lady should sue. If there’s nothing you can do about there’s no reason to keep pointing fingers.