A Catholic school withdrew permission for an Ellen Page and Julianne Moore movie to film on its grounds – allegedly because the story was about gay rights.

Freeheld is based on a 2007 short documentary which told the true story of New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester, who on being diagnosed with cancer fought to pass on her pension benefits to partner Stacie Andree.

An Ellen Page (left) and Julianne Moore movie about gay rights gets banned from a Catholic school. Credit:Getty Images

In 2005 only people in heterosexual marriages in that jurisdiction could pass on their pensions to their partners when they died.