Supreme Court won’t hear anti-gay photographer case
Source: Washington Blade
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday it wont take up a case in which a New Mexico photography business alleges its rights were violated when it landed in hot water for refusing to shoot a same-sex wedding ceremony.
In orders published Monday morning, the court listed the case, Elane Photography v. Willock, without comment among as the cases it wont consider.
The case was brought to the Supreme Court by Elane Photography, which was found to have violated New Mexicos anti-discrimination law for refusing to take a photo for the same-sex wedding ceremony for Vanessa Willock and Misti Collinsworth in 2006. (The wedding was only ceremonial because the incident took place before the state legalized same-sex marriage.)
Elane Photography filed lawsuit in state court, alleging that its refusal to photograph a same-sex wedding is protected on religious grounds. However, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled against the claims, saying the businesses service can be regulated because its a public accommodation. Following that decision, Elane Photography asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the lawsuit based on First Amendment protections under the U.S. Constitution.
Read more: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/04/07/supreme-court-wont-hear-n-m-photographer-case/
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(40,416 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)How would you make anti-gay pornography?
dsc
(52,166 posts)who call themselves ugly names to show it is so awful?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)The HBO documentary series REAL SEX comes to mind, or the doc about a real brothel.