The Christian Broadcast Network website reports today (January 13, 2012) that a New Jersey judge has ruled that the Methodist Church violated a state law by refusing to allow a same-sex wedding ceremony on its property in 2007.
On January 12, Administrative Law Judge Solomon Metzger said the decision made by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association violated New Jersey's discrimination laws.
Metzger ruled the pavilion area -- where the couple wanted to hold the ceremony -- is a public space and is advertised as a wedding venue without any religious pre-conditions.
The church -- which may appeal the decision -- argued that the pavilion was an extension of its wedding ministry, but the judge rejected that argument.
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