A cottage community affiliated with the United Methodist Church is battling a lawsuit over its rule allowing only Christians to buy and own homes.
The Michigan-based Bay View Association, founded in the nineteenth century as part of a spiritual revival movement, was sued last summer over its home ownership rules.
Known as Bay View Chautauqua Inclusiveness Group v. Bay View Association of The United Methodist Church, the suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
The plaintiffs include current Bay View residents whose family members cannot inherit their homes and others who cannot buy a home in the community, both due to religious differences.
“Plaintiff’s members have been excluded from ownership of Bay…
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