A Wisconsin court will issue an order declaring that a Christian photographer and blogger can refuse to do work for same-sex weddings, pro-abortion groups and other individuals or groups promoting messages that conflict with her values because she doesn’t have a storefront, law firm Alliance Defending Freedom said.
Amy Lawson, who owns Amy Lynn Photography Studio in Madison, sued the city of Madison and state officials in March, ADF said.
“The court’s announcement has important implications for everyone in Wisconsin who values artistic freedom,” Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Jonathan Scruggs said. “It means that government officials must allow creative professionals without storefronts anywhere in the city and state the freedom to make their own decisions about which ideas they will use their artistic expression to promote.
“The court found — and the city and state have now agreed — that such professionals cannot be punished under public accommodation laws for exercising their artistic freedom because those laws simply don’t apply to them,” Scruggs said. “No one should be threatened with punishment for having views that the government doesn’t favor.”
The court has not yet issued its order but is expected to do so in the coming weeks, ADF said.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/03/court-to-order-that-christian-photographer-can-refuse-same-sex-wedding-work-law-firm-says/
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