OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (BP)--Those who believe "gay marriage" would have no impact on religious freedoms may want to take a look at New Jersey, where the state is investigating a United Methodist retreat center -- similar to those of LifeWay -- that prohibited a lesbian couple from using one of its facilities for a civil union ceremony.
The question is whether the nonprofit Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association -- an ocean-front retreat-type ministry owned and operated by members of the United Methodist Church -- violated the state's anti-discrimination law. Once rebuffed, the two women, Harriet Bernstein and Luisa Paster, filed a complaint with the state's civil rights office....