A gay couple is suing the Catholic church in Massachusetts for refusing to sell them a mansion out of concern that they would host same-sex weddings at the site, the Guardian (British) website reports today (September 11, 2012).
James Fairbanks and Alain Beret filed their discrimination lawsuit against the Catholic diocese of Worcester in the county's superior court yesterday.
They allege that they were in negotiations to buy Oakhurst -- a former retreat center in Northbridge -- when church officials suddenly pulled out due to the possibility of same-sex marriage ceremonies being held there.
Fairbanks and Beret said they inadvertently received an email sent from Thomas Sullivan -- chancellor of the diocese of Worcester -- to the church's broker. In the email, Sullivan said he did not want to sell the mansion to the pair because of the "potentiality of gay marriages" being held there.
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