Christian Persecuted: Refused to Photograph Homosexual ‘Commitment Ceremony’
Phil Moore has this report on the National Catholic Register:
As a Christian, Elaine Huguenin is against efforts to legitimize same-sex “marriage.” So, when the Albuquerque photographer was asked via e-mail in September 2006 to photograph a “commitment ceremony” for two women, Huguenin declined . . . But Huguenin didn’t take into account New Mexico’s anti-discrimination laws . . .
Now, in one of the first cases of its kind in the state, a three-member tribunal of New Mexico’s Human Rights Commission is considering the complaint brought forward by New Mexico’s Human Rights Bureau . . .
The complaint against Huguenin is about artistic freedom as well as religious freedom, according to her attorney Lorence. “You’re saying the government can compel anyone to use their talents to further goals you don’t agree with,” he said. “Otherwise, there will be retaliation.”
Said Lorence, “If you give government the right to punish people for having a different opinion than the prevailing secular orthodoxy, you’re saying whoever controls government can suppress dissent. I think we embrace that idea at our peril.”
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