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Kentucky Photographer Wins Right to Refuse Service to Same-Sex Couples

Kentucky Photographer Wins Right to Refuse Service to Same-Sex Couples
A bridesmaid holds on to the bride's face mask while newlyweds pose for pictures following their wedding ceremony in Rustburg, Va., on May 9, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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8/15/2020|Updated: 8/18/2020

A federal judge in Kentucky has blocked the city of Louisville from enforcing an anti-discrimination law against a Christian wedding photographer, allowing her to refuse to work same-sex weddings on the grounds that her work is an expression of free speech, and compelling it would be unconstitutional.

“A government can no more compel that speech than it can compel a freelance speechwriter to write for a political candidate she opposes,” U.S. District Judge Justin Walker wrote in a decision on Aug. 14, explaining his rationale for issuing a preliminary injunction (pdf) in favor of photographer and blogger Chelsey Nelson.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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