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Cars+Sell Your CarBuy a CarResearch CarsFinanceFind a DealerPlace an AdA long running lawsuit between an Oceanside lesbian couple and two doctors that pitted the civil rights of same sex couples against religious freedom for physicians has been settled.The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. It ends a lawsuit filed in 2001 by Guadalupe Benitez against Drs. Douglas Fenton and Christine Brody at North Coast Womens Care in Vista.Benitez alleged that the doctors ugg classic tall 5815 chestnut boots told her they would not inseminate her because their religious convictions they are Christians prohibited them from doing the procedure for a lesbian couple.Benitez went to another doctor, got pregnant and had a child with her partner, Joanne Clark. The boy is now 7. The couple also have 4 year old twins.But she sued the doctors and clinic, arguing that the state's civil rights laws do not allow doctors to discriminate against patients based on their religious beliefs.A state appeals court in San Diego ruled in 2006 in favor of the doctors. But in August 2008, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously for Benitez, saying that religious liberty claims cannot excuse illegal discrimination.Both the doctors and the couple released a joint statement in which the doctors said they were sorry that Benitez and Clark felt they were being treated differently because of their sexual orientation.The doctors said they want of their patients, including those who are lesbian and gay, to feel welcome and accepted in their medical practice, and are committed to treating all of their patients with equal dignity and respect in the context of the highest quality of medical care. The doctors contended as the case went on that they declined to do the procedure because Benitez was unmarried not because of her sexual orientation. But there was also evidence in the ugg bailey button macy's case early on that the doctors had acknowledged that they did not inseminate her because she is a lesbian.Benitez said yesterday that she is pleased that the UGG Boots Outlet title="ugg classic tall 5815 chocolate boots">ugg classic tall 5815 chocolate boots case is over.was a really hard thing to go through, but it was worth it because we have hopefully paved the way for other people, and made sure that this is not going to happen to someone else, she said.The lawyer for the doctors could not be reached for comment yesterday. Throughout the litigation, the physicians have declined to comment publicly on the case.The state's civil rights law prohibits discrimination in businesses that UGGs Outlet cater to the public. The law does allow doctors to opt out of some kinds of medical procedures, such as abortion.But if a physician does offer to do certain procedures, they must be made available to all, said Jennifer Pizer of Lambda Legal, an advocacy group for same sex rights.