Christian wins the right to refuse to photograph homosexual ‘weddings’
by Peter LaBarbera, LifeSite:
A Wisconsin Circuit Court announced Tuesday that it will rule a Christian photographer can declare her faith-based intent not to take photos at homosexual “weddings” because her business does not have a storefront.
The court said her online business would not be prosecuted under a Dane County law banning “discrimination” based on “sexual orientation.”
Evangelical Christian Amy Lawson, who describes herself as “a Madison portrait and wedding photographer with a passion for telling visual stories that glorify God,” had once advertised publicly that she would not take photos that promote homosexual “marriage” (or abortion or racism).
In March, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a “pre-enforcement lawsuit” on Lawson’s behalf challenging a Madison “sexual orientation” for “public accommodation” law, which it said could open Lawson up to being sued if she continued to tell potential customers that she would not promote same-sex “marriage.”
At a hearing Tuesday, the Dane County Circuit Court announced that it will issue an order declaring that Lawson and her business are not subject to city and state “sexual orientation” laws affecting “public accommodations” because she does not have a physical storefront:
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