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A Federal Court Dismisses a New York Photographer’s Discrimination Lawsuit

An Elmira photographer who feared she would be punished for refusing to shoot same-sex weddings due to her religious beliefs has lost a legal challenge to New York’s anti-discrimination laws.

With assistance from the Alliance Defending Freedom, photographer Emilee Carpenter earlier this year filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court claiming the requirement — if she photographs weddings between a man and a woman she must do likewise for same-sex couples — violates her Christian beliefs and constitutional rights.

The suit specifically named the state Attorney General’s Office and Attorney General Letitia James in her capacity as the primary enforcer of the state’s anti-discrimination laws.

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