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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...

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. 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 ...

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...