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The US Department of Justice this week filed a statement of interest, supporting a photographer in Kentucky who doesnt want to shoot same-sex weddings.
Under Louisville legislation, local businesses are not allowed to turn away customers because of their sexual orientation. Photographer Chelsey Nelson is challenging this 20-year-old Fairness Ordinance, saying she doesnt want to appear to support same-sex marriages.
She filed legal action last November claiming the legislation violates her First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion.
Nelson, according to her legal paperwork, believes God created marriage to be an exclusive covenant between one man and one woman. This belief shapes every aspect of her life, including her business, her art, and her creativity.
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Gee...homophobia and heterosexism in action. Will anyone fucking notice?!
DFW
(54,437 posts)Now, "Department of Justice" is as much an oxymoron as "military intelligence."
Behind the Aegis
(53,987 posts)It is sad.
DFW
(54,437 posts)I never thought I'd be saying THAT again!
CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)not_the_one
(2,227 posts)I suppose if no one in your congregation is biting, take it outside? And I BET she attends a "megachurch" where there should be copious amounts of single dicks.
I really hate being so cynical.
CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)tavernier
(12,401 posts)I cant imagine she would go for a flattering or loving photo.