Woman's family says church called off funeral because she was gay

The family of a recently deceased Colorado woman says they were forced to relocate her funeral minutes before it was scheduled to start after the church hosting the service objected to a video showing her kissing her wife.

Hundreds of people had already arrived at New Hope Ministries in Lakewood, Colorado last weekend to celebrate the life of Vanessa Collier when Pastor Ray Chavez announced the service would not take place because of the "inappropriate" video that included scenes of Collier proposing to her wife and them kissing.

"It was disgusting," Collier's cousin, Jessica Maestas, told ABC News.

Chavez gave the family the option to edit the video, but instead they moved the service to a funeral home across the street.

Collier's family is outraged by the church's actions. They say New Hope Ministries was aware tat Collier was a lesbian and they had submitted the video for review two days before the service.

"I provided the video, and got the OK from the funeral home that we would be able to show it," Maestas said.

The family says they have not received a refund or apology from the church. Tuesday, supported held a protest in front of New Hope Ministries in Collier's honor.

"I organized the march because I wasn't going to let this be the memory of her death," Collier's friend, Jose Silva. "Love is love."

New Hope Ministries did not responded to ABC News' request for a comment.

ABC News contributed to this report.