The case of a New Mexico photographer who refused to photograph a gay couple’s wedding may now go to the US Supreme Court.
Joe.My.God reports:
The anti-gay Alliance Defending Freedom today petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear the appeal of New Mexico’s Elane Photography, the most-cited case in the boogeyman war against same-sex marriage despite the fact that New Mexico does not presently have legalized same-sex marriage. Via SCOTUSblog:
On the premise that taking photos is a form of story-telling — recall the old idea about how many words a picture is worth — an Albuquerque studio on Friday asked the Supreme Court to protect its owners from having to send the message that the uniting of same-sex couples in marriage-like ceremonies is acceptable. The new case of Elane Photography v. Willock does not ask the Court to rule on any right of gays and lesbians to marry, but it does seek a decision on how far a state may go to protect same-sex couples from discrimination in the marketplace.
As Joe points out, New Mexico doesn’t yet have marriage equality. It’s one thing to allow a church to decide who it will marry. It’s quite another to allow a business to do the same – would we be ok if the photographer had turned away an interracial couple instead, because she didn’t believe the races should mix?
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