Posted on 03/06/2020 5:36:52 PM PST by marshmallow
Officials: 'Chelsey Nelson is likely to succeed on her claim'
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Department of Justice (DOJ) is protecting a young female photographer from having to participate in same-sex "weddings" against her conscience.
The DOJ filed a "Statement of Interest" in federal court on Thursday explaining that a law in Louisville, Kentucky violates the U.S. Constitution by compelling local Chelsey Nelson to photograph gay weddings.
The U.S. brief explains that Nelson "is likely to succeed on her claim that requiring her to photograph weddings against her conscience constitutes government-compelled speech that violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment," according to a DOJ press release issued Thursday.
The Louisville-based photographer sued the Louisville/Jefferson County metro government in November owing to the city's "fairness ordinance" that made it illegal for her to refuse to photograph same-sex "weddings."
The law further forbids Nelson from using her website or social media to explain to potential customers the religious reasons behind her exclusive support for heterosexual wedding ceremonies.
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Wish they would protect the men who have had these same issues.
Stinking gynocracy.
Towns and cities and states need to not be passing “laws” that override the Constitution of the United States.
It’s not a law then. There’s another word for it.
That there is a problem with any business refusing to do business with whomever they choose is a big fat unconstitutional government’s nose way up citizens’ butts.
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