Go along with queers and their perversion or else!!

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A prominent Christian legal organization representing a New
Mexico photographer that was was recently forced by the state
Supreme Court to �compromise � to accommodate� requests to shoot
homosexual dedication ceremonies is warning that similar cases
are presenting a �real threat� to Christians across the country.

As previously reported, Elane Huguenin and her husband Jon, who
operate run Elane Photography in Albuquerque, found themselves
having to answer to the New Mexico Human Rights Commission in
2006 when they turned down a lesbian who wanted Elane to
photograph her upcoming ceremony with her partner.

The Commission ruled against Huguenin in 2008, stating that she
was guilty of violating the state�s �sexual orientation�
discrimination law, which prohibits �any person in a public
accommodation to make a distinction, directly or indirectly, in
offering or refusing to offer its services � to any person
because of � sexual orientation.� The Commission then ordered
the photographer to pay nearly $7,000 in fines for refusing to
shoot the ceremony.

Huguenin appealed the decision in December 2009, arguing that
forcing her to go against her beliefs regarding homosexuality
would be like forcing African Americans to photograph Klu Klux
Klan members. Last June, the Mexico State Court of Appeals
released a 45-page opinion upholding the guilty verdict.

�The owners of Elane Photography must accept the reasonable
regulations and restrictions imposed upon the conduct of their
commercial enterprise despite their personal religious beliefs
that may conflict with these government interests,� Judge Tim
Garcia wrote on behalf of the panel. �The Klu-Klux-Klan is not a
protected class. Sexual orientation, however, is protected.�

The Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom
(ADF) then appealed the decision to the state Supreme Court,
which ruled unanimously this month that Huguenin must shoot same-
sex ceremonies no matter how sincere her convictions may be.
Justice Richard C. Bosson, who wrote a concurring opinion,
asserted that the Huguenins may freely live out their faith
privately, but when it comes to running a public business, they
will have to �pay the price� and check their Christian
convictions at the door.

�The Huguenins are free to think, to say, to believe, as they
wish; they may pray to the God of their choice and follow those
commandments in their personal lives wherever they lead. The
Constitution protects the Huguenins in that respect and much
more,� he wrote. �But there is a price, one that we all have to
pay somewhere in our civic life.�

�[T]he Huguenins�now are compelled by law to compromise the very
religious beliefs that inspire their lives,� Bosson
acknowledged. �That compromise is part of the glue that holds us
together as a nation, the tolerance that lubricates the varied
moving parts of us as a people. � In short, I would say to the
Huguenins, with the utmost respect: it is the price of
citizenship.�

However, ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence, who represented
Elane Photography in the case, told Christian News Network that
he found the words of the New Mexico Supreme Court to be
�chilling.�

�They�ve said, �Hey, you know we live in a diverse society, and
you have to give up your beliefs to accommodate others,�� he
explained. �It was chilling because living in a free society
doesn�t mean giving up your constitutional rights��

Lorence said that Justice Bosson�s insinuation that Christians
can separate their beliefs from their conduct is misplaced, for
Christianity is a daily lifestyle, not merely a belief in the
existence of Christ.

�It�s simply incorrect in the absolute way that he stated it,�
he stated. �The First Amendment protects more than just beliefs.
It also protects the free exercise of religion; not just to
believe. � It does protect a person�s freedom of mind, � but
there are actions that are protected.�

Lorence agreed that Elane Photography is not an exception in
regard to businesses that are facing pressure to compromise
their beliefs and accommodate homosexual behavior.

�It�s beginning to happen all over the country,� he explained,
noting that non-discrimination laws are being used to force
Christians to facilitate homosexual ceremonies against their
convictions.

�So, we have other wedding cases around the country, [such as]
the baker cases in Colorado and Oregon, and the florist in
Washington state. We have cases like Catholic Charities having
its license to adopt out children yanked because they declined
to adopt children to same-sex couples,� Lorence continued.
�[There's also] the Christian counselors who cannot in good
conscience counsel a sames-sex couple on how to improve their
relationship, so they refer the couple to someone else � and get
kicked out of graduate school, and on and on.�

He said that he fears that in the years to come, churches could
be next, as the law is a frequent weapon used to strong arm
Christians into compliance despite the Biblical mandate in 1
Timothy 5:22 not to �be a partaker in other men�s sins.�

�The other side seems to downplay these cases, [contending] that
they�re not significant, but these are real threats,� Lorence
outlined. �There are real people that are suffering, and I am
surprised at their lack of commitment to freedom of expression
[and] to right of conscience, because if Elane Photography is
denied these rights, those on the other side could be denied
those rights by the government in the future.�

He opined that Christians need to be prepared for the days
ahead, which may test the mettle of business owners of faith on
a national level.

�These are increasingly difficult times,� Lorence said. �We need
people who are willing to stand alone for what is true because
sooner or later, people are going to see marriage defined the
way the Bible does. �. To love our neighbor as ourself I think
means to tell the truth that marriage is defined only as one man
and one woman.�

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