Christian Photographer Defends Her Rights at the 2nd Circuit New York State and Local DA Want to Force Her to Provide Services That Violate Her Religious Beliefs
September 29, 2022 | New York
Leftists are doing all they can to erode religious freedom in the name of homosexual “rights.” They understand in theory that the state has no business forcing an artist to use his or her talents to perform services they find objectionable.
Would leftists agree that a black baker should use his artistic talents to make a custom cake for a “white supremacist” wedding?
A Christian photographer named Emilee Carpenter filed a lawsuit last year to stop the state of New York and a local district attorney from compelling speech. She doesn’t want to use her artistic talents to provide services for same-sex “weddings.”
Carpenter, who says she loves photographing weddings, believes what the Bible teaches: marriage is the union between one man and one woman. But the state bars business owners from “discriminating” on the basis of sexual orientation, even if compelling them to do so violates their rights. Business owners can’t even explain why they decline services on their own websites, if the reason is religious…. (Excerpt from Black Community News)
