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The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a photographer who declined to use her artistic expression to communicate the story of a same-sex ceremony. In a concurrence accompanying the opinion , one of the justices wrote that the photographer and her husband, Elaine and Jonathan Huguenin, “now are compelled by law to compromise the very religious beliefs that inspire their lives,” adding “it is the price of citizenship.” “The idea that free people can be ‘compelled by law to compromise the very religious beliefs that inspire their lives’ as the ‘price of citizenship’ is a chilling and unprecedented attack on freedom,” said Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence. “Americans are now on notice that the price of doing business is their freedom. We are considering our next steps, including asking the U.S. Supreme Court to right this wrong.” A Rasmussen poll last month found that “If a Christian wedding photographer who has deeply held religious beliefs opposing same-sex marriage is as

View of downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico from the south (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Supreme Court of New Mexico ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a Christian photographer’s ability to decline to take pictures of a same-sex commitment ceremony —even when doing so would violate the photographer’s deeply held religious beliefs. As Elaine Huguenin, owner of Elane Photography, explained : “The message a same-sex commitment ceremony communicates is not one I believe.” But New Mexico ’s highest court, deciding an appeal of the case, today agreed with the New Mexico Human Rights Commission and ruled against Elane Photography, concluding that neither protections of free speech nor free exercise of religion apply. Elaine and her husband Jon, both committed Christians, run their small photography business in Albuquerque, N.M. In 2006, she declined the request to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony. In 2008, the New Mexico Human Rights Commission ruled that by dec

Anyone who still doubts that the normalization of homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriage will represent a seismic shift in the culture at large needs only to look to New Mexico to see that nothing less than religious liberty is now under threat, and in a big way. You maybe forced to compromise your Christian faith or be fined if you don't agree with the homosexual agenda Related articles Same-Sex Marriage Trumps Religious Liberty in New Mexico (heritage.org) Will Religious Liberty Survive Same-Sex Marriage? (nationalreview.com) A La Carte (8/26) (challies.com) Stephen's piece in the Daily Caller: Support both SSM and religious liberty (purpleelephantrepublicans.wordpress.com) Same-sex marriage trumps religious liberty in New Mexico (lifesitenews.com) Moment of Truth Coming for Those Who Believe Homosexuality Is Sinful (blackchristiannews.com) Same-Sex Marriage Trumps Religious Liberty (conservativebyte.com) Heroic News: "Nebraska abo

Anyone who still doubts that the normalization of homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriage will represent a seismic shift in the culture at large needs only to look to New Mexico to see that nothing less than religious liberty is now under threat—and in a big way. Jonathan and Elaine Huguenin are the owners of Elane Photography, a firm that operates as a commercial photographic studio. Elaine is the lead photographer and the Huguenins together run the business. In 2006, the couple refused to photograph a same-sex couple’s commitment ceremony and were sued. Last week the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the Huguenins had violated the human rights of the same-sex couple and that the First Amendment does not allow Elane Photography to refuse to photograph same-sex unions. The court’s decision was unanimous, upholding a 2012 decision by an appeals court. The court’s decision declared that the Huguenins had acted unlawfully in refusing to photograph the same-sex commi

This is the statement from a New Mexico Judge Bosson : As devout, practicing Christians, they believe, as a matter of faith, that certain commands of the Bible are not left open to secular interpretation; they are meant to be obeyed. Among these commands, according to the Huguenins, is an injunction against same-sex marriage. On the record before us, no one has questioned the Huguenin’s [sic] devoutness or their sincerity; their religious convictions deserve our respect. In the words of their legal counsel, the Huguenins “believed that creating photographs telling the story of that event [a same-sex wedding] would express a message contrary to their sincerely held beliefs, and that doing so would disobey God.” If honoring same-sex marriage would so conflict with their fundamental religious tenets . . . how then, they ask, can the State of New Mexico compel them to “disobey God” in this case? How indeed? After asking exactly the right question, Justice Bosson then proceeded to give

Anyone who still doubts that the normalization of homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriage will represent a seismic shift in the culture at large needs only to look to New Mexico to see that nothing less than religious liberty is now under threat—and in a big way. Jonathan and Elaine Huguenin are the owners of Elane Photography, a firm that operates as a commercial photographic studio. Elaine is the lead photographer and the Huguenins together run the business. In 2006, the couple refused to photograph a same-sex couple ’s commitment ceremony and were sued. Last week the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the Huguenins had violated the human rights of the same-sex couple and that the First Amendment does not allow Elane Photography to refuse to photograph same-sex unions. The court’s decision was unanimous, upholding a 2012 decision by an appeals court. The court’s decision declared that the Huguenins had acted unlawfully in refusing to photograph the same-sex commi

Elaine Huguenin. (Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom ) August 22, 2013 ( Heritage ) - Thursday, the Supreme Court of New Mexico   ruled  that the First Amendment does not protect a Christian photographer’s ability to decline to take pictures of a same-sex commitment ceremony —even when doing so would violate the photographer’s deeply held religious beliefs. As Elaine Huguenin, owner of Elane Photography,  explained : “The message a same-sex commitment ceremony communicates is not one I believe.” But New Mexico ’s highest court, deciding an appeal of the case, agreed with the New Mexico Human Rights Commission and ruled against Elane Photography, concluding that neither protections of free speech nor free exercise of religion apply. Elaine and her husband Jon, both committed Christians, run their small photography business in Albuquerque, N.M. In 2006, she  declined  the request to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony. In 2008, the New Mexico Human Rights Comm

SANTA FE, NM , August 22, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The Supreme Court of New Mexico has ruled that Christian photographers do not have the right to decline photographing a gay “wedding,” even if doing so violates their religious beliefs. In a concurring opinion , Justice Richard C. Bosson said Christians must “compromise” their religious beliefs as “the price of citizenship.” The high court ruled that Elaine Huguenin and her husband, Jon, violated a lesbian couple's human rights by refusing to photograph their “commitment ceremony.” Elaine Huguenin must "compromise," according to Justice Bosson. When their business, Elane Photography, “refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony, it violated the NMHRA [ New Mexico Human Rights Act] in the same way as if it had refused to photograph a wedding between people of different races,”  the majority opinion  states. The NMHRA, justices noted, protects discrimination “against protected classes of people

SANTA FE, NM , – The Supreme Court of New Mexico has ruled that Christian photographers do not have the right to decline photographing a gay “wedding,” even if doing so violates their religious beliefs. In a concurring opinion , Justice Richard C. Bosson said Christians must “compromise” their religious beliefs as “the price of citizenship.” The high court ruled that Elaine Huguenin and her husband, Jon, violated a lesbian couple's human rights by refusing to photograph their “commitment ceremony.” Elaine Huguenin must "compromise," according to Justice Bosson. When their business, Elane Photography, “refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony, it violated the NMHRA [ New Mexico Human Rights Act] in the same way as if it had refused to photograph a wedding between people of different races,”  the majority opinion  states. The NMHRA, justices noted, protects discrimination “against protected classes of people.” The case began in 2006, when V