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CNSNews.com
The New Mexico Human Rights Commission ruled on Wednesday that an evangelical Christian photographer discriminated against a lesbian couple by refusing a job to photograph the couple's same-sex commitment ceremony. Religious rights attorneys plan to appeal. The commission ordered Elaine and Jon Huenins, owners of Elane Photography in Albuquerque, N.M., to pay the lesbian couple $6,600 in attorney fees."It is just a stunning disregard for the First Amendment," said Jordan Lorence, a senior legal counsel for the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing the photographer couple in court."W e will appeal this ruling to state district court," Lorence told Cybercast News Service. Carrie Moritomo, public information officer for the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, said the complaint was brought in 2006 by Vanessa Willock, a civil rights officer at the University of New Mexico....(read more)
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