Christian Photographers Sued for Refusing to Take Pictures of Gay Wedding

Ha ha, serves them right! homophobic a-holes! discrimination is not a right and isn't right Lots' of fallacious reasoning here: being rude is behavior, and is not the same as a sexual orientation. nudity, the same thing. It's a VERY GOOD decision. oh, and just TRY to put on your site or advertising that you do not work gay weddings .... i dare you.

This is just going to open up a whole can or BS law suits! Every catorer who refused to cater for a bitchy bride or rude groom who happened to be gay can now sue them for it! Every baker who refused to make a penis or vagina cake but made a cake for a gay couple can now be sued for being bisit even though it may have been a normal cake for the couple. It's just like those who didn't hire some one who was unqualified but happened to be black can be sued for racism. If we keep bringing it up how different people we encourage racism and hated for people being "different". If people would just except that every one is different with their OWN IDEAS and opinions and beliefs and STOP PROMOTING/publicizing those who DO RACIST, HATEFUL OR SEXIST THINGS and only PROMOTE  CASES of people WORKING TOGETHER WITHOUT making A BIG DEAL out of them BEING DIFFERENT races, genders or religions but working for a BETTER COMMUNITY or WORLD. We MIGHT see some REAL CHANGE. But until then we will keep getting people wanting handouts and willing to cut others down and be hateful or greedy who will keep finding ways to get money they feel is "entitled " to them... Never excepting that they could be the better person and show them the errors of their ways... In this case the couple could find another good photographer and send this business a great shot that captured the love they have for each other. Now not everyone has an eye for photography and you can't fake art or force some one to make it. So it seems we have to be more careful when we turn people away... Perhaps if they took the more artistic approach rather than the religious there wouldn't have been a problem... Or if they at least gave the couple a list of other photographers who would photograph their ceremony they may not have had this law suite... 

I am actually for gay rights and would gladly photograph a gay wedding. However, I don't believe it is right to force a privately owned business to photograph one. We as photographers are artists, and we won't give the best quality if it's something we don't want to do or feel uncomfortable doing. What if a couple comes to me and asks me to photograph them having sex? Will I be sued because I don't feel comfortable doing that? Why, in this "free" society, should the government tell me what I HAVE to photograph. This upsets me.

For photographers, I have to wonder how many of you who find this a good decision, would equally side with gay models who did not want to pose involving clearly heterosexual imagery?

Or models of any persuasion being forced to be involved in imagery they don't approve of?

If not, I guess I'd have to say you're a hypocrite.

Or is it just gays who get special rights?

Why does everything have to turn into a big PC sue-fest?  It's chilling to me that the government can force people to do things against their will, or make you pay through the teeth because you didn't.  People are entitled to their opinions, and they shouldn't be forced to do something they don't want to. 

It is very good thing that christian photographers will be charged to do this. Nowadays in so many countries gay marriages are official. There is no need to ignore gay marriage. There is no crime to capture a images of gay marriage.

Allah destroyed Lut's(Lot's ) Peace be upon Him nation for the crime of homosexuality . My Allah bless him for standing up for Allah's law. At the end of the day it is him we return to for judge ment . Don't be destroyed like Lot's wife for supporting a lifestyle contrary to God 's law

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And I don't argue with the intentionally ignorant.  

 Are you trying to say homosexuals are born homosexual?? Try and prove they are......but by reading your hateful posts...you will have something "nice" for me too..I won't argue with a fool.....

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Wow, I wonder how many times the U.S Patriot Act prompted you to make that statement. I'm just wondering. Are you truly pro-liberty or pro-fervent ideology? 

That's hilarious that they keep using Christianity as an excuse for their bigotry. Biblically marriage has had little to do with a sacred union between a man and a woman, and often condoned bigamy and the regard for wives a "property" of their husbands. If you need to hide behind God to mask you true hateful nature, God doesn't like you.

You seem to be rather interested in the thought of me having sex.  Maybe you should stop masturbating before posting a comment.

 Well my religion says you have to give me all your money.  So you'd better hand it over -- or else you're being a bigot.

 You should not talk Eric. You're the one who enjoys having the penis in your ass(shit trail). Remember, AIDS is right around the corner for you.

 Standing up for your religious rights is NOT being a bigot. Forcing someone to do something that is contrary to their beliefs is a unforgivable act and must be fought back against.

This whole thing was a set up by the gays in order to ensnare the photographers and cause a public outcry. It's been done before. It's their way of shining light on their abhorrent lifestyle and trying to stuff it down our throats under the protection of the courts. We MUST stand up against this injustice and fight back like never before.

You suck.

I feel that the photographers should be allowed to say no if they do not agree with this. It is there time and if they believe one man one woman then I am right there with them. God bless you for standing up to what you believe.  

So Mr. Eric, Let us look at the hypocrisy in your "locals only" context. So according to your logic, a Christian photographer must be forced to take pictures at a gay wedding, but YOU have the right to discriminate regionally and prevent non-locals from exercising their first amendment right of freedom of speech and expression in an internet news outlet.  Gotcha.

 Already answered that question.  Please read my comments before hitting the reply button.

Who are you to determine who posts here?

 Oh I'm sorry, are you still pretending to be different people? Look dude, the whole KKK thing is over.  It's time to just admit that you lost the culture war and move on.  And yes, this site is called SF Weekly.  If you don't live around here, then why are you reading it?  Do you just come here to make yourself look stupid, or do you have an ulterior motive?

Eric: So you appointed yourself determiner of who can post here and who cannot? You think you are authorized to regulate free speech? Hah! You are too, too much. BTW, I am not a skin head. Didn't you accuse "Big" of the same thing earlier? Why would you hate skinheads anyway? 

 No, you shouldn't be posting here.  Obviously you just came here to express your skinhead views, you have no real interest in this aside from showing the world you're a douche.

"Buddy," you need to learn how Disqus works.  You should also try posting with the same account instead of registering a new one for each comment.

The photographer is not practicing real Christian values, God loves everyone.

Buddy, are you that worried about this article that you have to follow it for a full 24 hours?  You've been posting to this thing since it came out.  You talk about how people need to finish their education and how retarded people are.  How about you go get yourself a day job and become a contributing member of society rather than pushing your own obscure sexuality on everyone else and insulting them at the same time?

 the anus is for pooping

Once again, you're trying to lump the conservative movement -- and now straight people, which is about 90% of the population -- into your bigoted belief system.  You might want to check with those two groups before you make such an assertion, because you know damn well they won't side with skinheads such as yourself.

Liberal gays, so intolerant...tsk tsk

And you don't know what the word "psychotic" means.  I can tell I'm dealing with a really intelligent guy here.

You're psychotic.

You just outed yourself as not living in the bay area, first of all.  So why are you posting here? Secondly, yes you are a skinhead.  Whether you want to continue pretending like you're not is up to you, but suffice to say that you're fooling no one but yourself.

Now I'm a skinhead ? Wow.... I have no problem with gay people, or any people. But if someone chooses not to accept ME, I can't expect gov't to make them like me....that's just stupid. If a golf club/business is private, what's the big deal. It's not like riding the BART.