Chelsey Nelson, the photographer in question, challenged a law she said would mandate that she violate her conscience on traditional marriage. While she didn't face any direct punishment or threat, she took preemptive action against the ordinance in an attempt to prevent future issues.

"Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Chelsey Nelson and her photography studio filed the lawsuit Chelsey Nelson Photography v. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Governmentin 2019 because Louisville's law prohibited Nelson from expressing her views on marriage on her studio's website and threatened to compel her to create photographs and blogs celebrating a message about marriage she does not believe," a press release explained.

Nelson told CBN News she was a young mom trying to figure out business and raise her family when she found herself feeling compelled to speak up.

"I'm a Christian, so that impacts every aspect of my life, not just on Sunday morning, when I'm at church—absolutely everything," she said. "And I was very aware at the time of even people like Jack Phillips in the news under fire for just trying to quietly operate their business in a way that was consistent with their Christian convictions."

Nelson said she wanted to operate her business in alignment with the Lord while also growing in a way that comported with rules and regulations... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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