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Christian Photographer Scores Major Victory in LGBTQ Battle

Billy Hallowell : Oct 15, 2025  Faithwire

"Free speech is for everyone. As the US Supreme Court held two years ago in 303 Creative v. Elenis, Americans have the freedom to express and create messages that align with their beliefs without fear of government punishment." -ADF Senior Counsel Bryan Neihart

[Faithwire.com] A Christian photographer recently scored a major victory for religious liberty when the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled Louisville officials had violated her First Amendment rights. (Image: via ADF Legal)

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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