The Department of Justice filed a “statement of interest” in support of Chelsey Nelson, who says marriage equality conflicts with her religious faith.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Justice has weighed in on a lawsuit filed by a Kentucky wedding photographer who is challenging a city ordinance banning businesses from discriminating against gay customers.
Nelson sued Louisville city officials in November, arguing that the city’s ordinance violated the First Amendment. She has written about her business that she “can’t photograph anything that conflicts with my religious conviction that marriage is a covenant relationship before God between one man and one woman,” according to court records.
“Forcing a photographer, against her conscience, to express her support for a wedding that her faith opposes violates the Constitution,” a release from the Justice Department said Thursday.City of Louisville officials have responded to the lawsuit by arguing that Nelson has no cause to challenge the ordinance. Lawyers defending the city government have asked the judge to dismiss the suit.
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