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Studio Can’t Turn Down Gay Weddings (NM - Christian photography business)
The Albuquerque Journal North ^ | June 5, 2012 | Scott Sandlin

Posted on 06/05/2012 8:54:59 AM PDT by CedarDave

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To: Blood of Tyrants
Why would anyone want a photographer who is being FORCED to take your wedding pictures?

Are you kidding? That's exactly what they wanted.

61 posted on 06/05/2012 9:49:38 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Freedom is a hate crime.

You bet it is.

NM Constitution, Art II, Sec. 11. [Freedom of religion.]
Every man shall be free to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and no person shall ever be molested or denied any civil or political right or privilege on account of his religious opinion or mode of religious worship. No person shall be required to attend any place of worship or support any religious sect or denomination; nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.

62 posted on 06/05/2012 9:50:37 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: LegendHasIt

That’s what they want, though. They want to force everyone out of business who don’t go along with their lifestyle. They are trying to force acceptance by way of the law.

How did you “go Galt”?


63 posted on 06/05/2012 9:50:37 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: CedarDave

Sure they can. The court has no authority to order commerce. They need to read the Constitution.


64 posted on 06/05/2012 9:52:58 AM PDT by CodeToad (Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called 'gay' instead.)
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To: CedarDave

The defense should be that the photographer only does weddings and that there is really no such thing as a homosexual wedding.


65 posted on 06/05/2012 9:53:50 AM PDT by Tau Food (Tom Hoefling for President - 2012)
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To: MrB
Simple, they’d side with the Muslims. The only consistency on the left is their hatred for God and His people.

I agree - I think they'd side with the Muslims as well. It's always open season on Christians and Jews by these liberal judges...

66 posted on 06/05/2012 9:53:50 AM PDT by nutmeg (So... Clinton was our first black president, and Obama is our first gay president?)
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To: CedarDave

If I am the Christian photographer who is forced by big thug government to photograph a pervert party then when it’s over, gee, how did all the pictures get so out of focus?
(shrug) You have to fight the scum any way you can.


67 posted on 06/05/2012 9:54:54 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: pallis
So I guess if they refused to photograph a polygamous marriage, they would get sued.

No, because of this:

NM Constitution, Art XXI, Section 1. [Religious toleration; polygamy.]
Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of this state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship. Polygamous or plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation are forever prohibited.

68 posted on 06/05/2012 9:58:48 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Leep

“Wil refusing gay sex be discrimatory soon?”

According to this ruling it already is. If you refuse to consider homosexual sex then you violated the law. Sodomy is somehow a protected act under New Mexico law.


69 posted on 06/05/2012 10:00:47 AM PDT by CodeToad (Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called 'gay' instead.)
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To: stuartcr

“I don’t see why they didn’t just say they were busy or closed that day?”

Perhaps they wanted to stand on principle.

If this has a way of getting to the Supreme Court, I think the photographers would win.


70 posted on 06/05/2012 10:02:04 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: proudpapa
Wouldn’t it just be a pity if their eyes were closed in every photo?

Demand payment in advance. Take several thousand photos and then delete all the decent ones before the "couple" looks at them. Oopsie . . . when you compel slave labor, you can't count on quality work. That would make it worth the lost day, and no lawyer could prove in court that the photographer was responsible for the wedding party and guests not being photogenic.

71 posted on 06/05/2012 10:02:34 AM PDT by Pollster1 (A boy becomes a man when a man is needed - John Steinbeck)
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To: snarkbait

According to the judge. Religion is not a Human Right. Only sex is. Hmm, I thought that’s what separated the humans from the animals.


72 posted on 06/05/2012 10:10:42 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: CedarDave

As a paying customer, I would not want to patronize where I was not wanted. What kind of service should I expect if I FORCED someone to do business with me? I don’t want to be eatin’ loogies in my burger. (IYKWIM)

There must be other photo studios in Albuquerque that could and would accommodate them without all the hoopla. But, as we all know - this isn’t about anyone’s “rights” to shop where they want...it’s about control.


73 posted on 06/05/2012 10:13:15 AM PDT by babyfreep
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Why would anyone want a photographer who is being FORCED to take your wedding pictures?

My guess is they didn't want a photographer, they wanted a lawsuit. They probably knew of the studios policy before the first call was made. If the studio would have just sent a price sheet, the photographer would never have heard from this "couple" again.

74 posted on 06/05/2012 10:16:05 AM PDT by CharacterCounts (A vote for the lesser of two evils only insures the triumph of evil.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Thank you for the constitutional clarity, even though it had nothing to do with the point I was making.


75 posted on 06/05/2012 10:17:34 AM PDT by pallis
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To: babyfreep

But these groups with a cause seek out and create situations to advance their cause. Who knows the motives in this case, but it would not be a shock to learn that they purposely sought a Christian wedding photographer and hoped to be turned down on religious grounds so they could challenge it in court.

Sort of like the activists and the ACLU hunting down every cross and nativity they can find that might make a good law suit to push their phony separation of church and state agenda.


76 posted on 06/05/2012 10:20:14 AM PDT by Will88
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To: massgopguy

77 posted on 06/05/2012 10:23:38 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: Persevero

Seems like it’s an unnecessary court expense and it gives the gays their desired publicity and validation.


78 posted on 06/05/2012 10:30:01 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: Red Badger

...Evil is good; Good is evil..


79 posted on 06/05/2012 10:34:53 AM PDT by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
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To: tbpiper
You are implying that it's foolish to stand on principal if it interferes with profit?

I think the notion of not photographing their wedding is a phony principle stand. Jesus spent most of his time with sinners - not to condone their sin - but to be a light.

I also think they are falling prey to a scam, and by not agreeing to do it, they are stepping right into the doo doo layed out in front of them.

I would go to the mat for any owner to do as he/she pleases with a business, a property, etc. And I absolutely confirm their right to do whatever they want to to and refuse service to whomever they want to refuse it.

Are you denying MY RIGHT to say it was a foolish business decision?

80 posted on 06/05/2012 10:35:15 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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