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Kentucky City to Pay Photographer $800K in Same-Sex Wedding Discrimination Case
Louisville will pay $800,000 in legal fees after a multi-year dispute over its Fairness Ordinance that protects LGBTQ+ rights but conflicted with the photographer's religious beliefs.
- Louisville has settled a lawsuit with Christian photographer Chelsey Nelson for $800,000, ending a dispute over the city's Fairness Ordinance that Nelson claimed violated her First Amendment rights.
- Nelson, a Southern Baptist, argued the Fairness Ordinance forced her to create content celebrating marriages conflicting with her religious beliefs and prevented her from explaining her views on her website.
- Backed by the Alliance Defending Freedom, the case centered on First Amendment principles, with Senior Counsel Bryan Neihart claiming Louisville officials threatened to force Nelson to promote views violating her religious beliefs.
- City officials confirmed the $800,000 payment covers Nelson's legal fees but does not change the Fairness Ordinance, which remains in effect banning discrimination against LGBTQ people.
- While the case relied on a recent Supreme Court ruling, Mayor Craig Greenberg previously defended the ordinance as expressing community values and treating all citizens with respect and dignity.
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The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $800,000 in attorney fees to settle a case with a Christian photographer who fought to protect her religious and free speech rights over the years of litigation. Louisville ultimately spent a fortune to force Chelsey Nelson to photograph same sex marriages under its nondiscrimination laws. When combined with its own litigation costs, the case likely cost the city and the courts millions to deny…
Louisville forced to pay $800,000 for unconstitutional demands on...
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $800,000 in attorney fees to settle a case with a Christian photographer who fought to protect her religious and free speech rights over the years of litigation. Louisville ultimately spent a fortune to force Chelsey Nelson to photograph same sex marriages under its nondiscrimination laws. When combined with its own litigation costs, the case likely cost the city and the courts millions to deny…
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Kentucky city to pay $800k in same-sex wedding discrimination case
A Kentucky city will pay $800,000 in legal fees to a photographer who challenged its LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law in a same-sex wedding case. Chelsey Nelson sued Louisville in 2019, arguing the city’s Fairness Ordinance could force her to create content celebrating marriages that conflict with her religious beliefs. The case, backed by conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, ran for several years before the city agreed to a settle…
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