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Emilee Carpenter, a New York-based wedding photographer who in April 2021 sued the state over public accommodation laws that required her to service same-sex weddings despite her religious objections. | Emilee Carpenter A Christian wedding photographer has filed a complaint against New York over a state law that requires her to service same-sex wedding ceremonies despite her religious objections. Emilee Carpenter of Emilee Carpenter Photography sued multiple state officials, with the lawsuit being filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. Named d...

"The state has a responsibility to protect my religious freedom. It shouldn't be able to silence or punish me for living out and expressing my faith," Updegrove told reporters after oral arguments Friday. "It's not just my freedom at stake. It's everyone's. When the government can tell you what to do, what to say, and what to create, then we do not live in a free America." The case invokes the Supreme Court's  Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, in which the Court narrowly ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who declined to bake a wedding cake for a gay wedding because of religious objections to...