Christian Photographer Scores Major Victory in LGBTQ Battle

Описание: A Christian photographer recently scored a major victory for religious liberty when the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled that Louisville officials had violated her First Amendment rights. Chelsey Nelson, the photographer in question, challenged a law she said would mandate that she violate her conscience on traditional marriage. While she didn't face any direct punishment or threat, she took preemptive action against the ordinance in an attempt to prevent future issues.

"Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Chelsey Nelson and her photography studio filed the lawsuit Chelsey Nelson Photography v. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government in 2019 because Louisville’s law prohibited Nelson from expressing her views on marriage on her studio’s website and threatened to compel her to create photographs and blogs celebrating a message about marriage she does not believe," a press release explained. Nelson told CBN News she was a young mom trying to figure out business and raise her family when she found herself feeling compelled to speak up.

"I'm a Christian, so that impacts every aspect of my life, not just on Sunday morning when I'm at church — absolutely everything," she said. "And I was very aware at the time of even people like Jack Phillips in the news under fire for just trying to quietly operate their business in a way that was consistent with their Christian convictions." Nelson said she wanted to operate her business in alignment with the Lord while also growing in a way that comported with rules and regulations. "I became aware of this ordinance in Louisville and was really concerned that I might be under ... $10,000 fines at any moment for being reported if I were just simply open about what messages I'm willing to celebrate ... marriage between a man and a woman for a lifetime only and nothing outside of that," she said.

Bryan Neihart, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal firm, discussed the six-year-long litigation journey Nelson has been on, expressing his dismay over the ordinance in question. "The fundamental premise of Chelsea's lawsuit is that the government can't force Americans to say something they don't believe," he told CBN News. "And Louisville passed a law that it interpreted to require Chelsea to create photographs and blogs celebrating a view of marriage that contradicted her faith."

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