NORTHBRIDGE (MA)
Telegram & Gazette
By Susan Spencer TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
NORTHBRIDGE — The new owner of Oakhurst retreat and conference center, formerly the Diocesan House of Affirmation, said he will forgo his plans to host weddings there if it meant he would have to allow gay weddings.
Asked about the center’s compliance with state anti-discrimination law, which forbids discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, James M. Knott Sr. said his center would be private property.
“But I will study it,” he said. “If necessary, I’ll have nothing there.”
He said he plans to preserve the property, in the Whitinsville section of town, as he has done with other historical sites in Northbridge.
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