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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 ...

Current marriage amendments to US state constitutions, by type Constitutional amendment bans same-sex marriage, civil unions, and any marriage-like contract between unmarried persons Constitutional amendment bans same-sex marriage and civil unions Constitutional amendment bans same-sex marriage Constitutional amendment grants legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage No constitutional amendments (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Last I checked, George and Martha Washington did not get remarried after 1776 when the United States declared independence from Great Britain . Nor did they do so after 1789, when the constitution was enacted. In fact, not one of the founding fathers married prior to 1776 remarried the same person after the United States was formed. Government did not create marriage. The only laws on the books related to marriage are state laws and federal laws that recognize the marriage structure that previously existed before the government established them. To be sure...

Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Although same-sex “marriage” is not recognized by the federal government , President Barack Obama has continued to change federal benefit regulations to grant unmarried homosexuals the same rights as married couples . The purpose of the regulations is  “to ensure same-sex domestic partners are treated as family members”  and “have access to these benefits to the same extent as spouses of Federal employees and their children.”   The Obama administration has imposed a series of new government rules extending federal benefits to the same-sex partners and stepchildren of unmarried homosexuals, but not unmarried heterosexuals. One  controversial proposed rule  would allow the children of same-sex partners to remain on federal workers’ taxpayer-funded insurance until they turn 26. The last regulatory change was ac...