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February 26, 2014 ( Heritage )  - Editor’s note: Amid the heated debate over Arizona ’s SB 1062 law, which aims to protect religious liberty, it’s worth looking back at some of the ways that religious beliefs have come under attack in the public square in recent years. The language in this post that is quoted originally appeared in a  National Review Online  article  by Ryan T. Anderson and Leslie Ford. Kelsey Harris also contributed to this article. 1. Elane Photography Elane Huguenin and her husband, Jon, run Elane Photography, a small business in Albuquerque, N.M. Alliance Defending Freedom Back in 2006, the couple declined a request to photograph a same-sex ceremony because of a difference in beliefs. Elane explained: “The message a same-sex commitment ceremony communicates is not one I believe.” Elane Photography never refused to take pictures of gay and lesbian individuals, but it did decline to photograph a same-sex ceremony. Meanw...

ALBUQUERQUE,  – Same-sex “marriage” has come to portions of New Mexico by judicial fiat.  Six of the state's 33 counties – Bernalillo, Doña Ana, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, and Valencia counties – have begun issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples, some after judicial orders and some voluntarily. However, state law does not provide for same-sex “marriage.” New Mexico is the only state to have no law either allowing or forbidding such unions. Without a specific law forbidding gay “marriage,” rogue officials began issuing licenses, and activist judges began ruling that the state's commitment to fighting “discrimination”  ipso facto legalizes “marriage equality.” Last Wednesday, Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins decided to begin issuing licenses to gay couples, law or no law. By week's end,  137  couples had received the licenses, which substitute “spouse and spouse” for “bride and groom.” Attorney General Gary King, a Democrat, said, alth...

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...

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 ...