{"id":38876,"date":"2025-05-30T15:47:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38876"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:47:35","slug":"new-york-court-shields-christian-photographer-from-equal-access-sexual-orientation-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/new-york-court-shields-christian-photographer-from-equal-access-sexual-orientation-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Rechtbank in New York beschermt christelijke fotograaf tegen wet op 'gelijke toegang' voor seksuele geaardheid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington, D.C. Nieuwsredactie, 23 mei 2025 \/ 15:51 uur (CNA).<\/p>\n

Een federale rechtbank in New York heeft de staat bevolen de handhaving van een wet tegen een christelijke fotograaf en blogger te staken, die haar zou dwingen idee\u00ebn over menselijke seksualiteit te uiten die in strijd zijn met haar religieuze overtuiging.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci schreef in zijn besluit van donderdag<\/a> dat een wet in New York die \u201cgelijke toegang tot publiek beschikbare goederen en diensten\u201d op de markt garandeert, ongeacht iemands seksualiteit, niet kan worden gebruikt om een bedrijf te dwingen diensten te verlenen die idee\u00ebn over menselijke seksualiteit uitdragen waar de aanbieder het niet mee eens is.<\/p>\n

Emilee Carpenter, die Emilee Carpenter Photography runt, klaagde de staat aan vanwege de wet, met het argument dat deze haar zou dwingen foto's en blogs te produceren voor burgerlijke huwelijken van mensen van hetzelfde geslacht en polyamoreuze verlovingen, ondanks haar religieuze overtuiging dat het huwelijk tussen \u00e9\u00e9n man en \u00e9\u00e9n vrouw is.<\/p>\n

Overtredingen van de wet kunnen Carpenter tot een jaar gevangenisstraf opleveren, met boetes tot $100.000, en intrekking van haar zakelijke vergunning. <\/p>\n

De rechter schreef in zijn besluit dat Carpenter \u201ceen op maat gemaakte, toegesneden fotografiedienst levert die wordt geleid door haar eigen artistieke en morele oordeel.\u201d Hij voegde eraan toe dat haar diensten \u201cexpressieve activiteiten zijn die worden beschermd door het Eerste Amendement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Geraci verklaarde in zijn uitspraak dat Carpenter \u201cgelooft dat het huwelijk tussen man en vrouw een geschenk van God is, en zij gebruikt haar bruidsfotografiebedrijf om dergelijke huwelijken te vieren.\u201d Hij benadrukte dat de wet probeert \u201ceen expressieve activiteit\u201d af te dwingen en dat \u201cdergelijke expressieve activiteit \u2018van haarzelf\u2019 is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zijn uitspraak is beperkt en voorkomt voorlopig alleen dat de staat de wet tegen Carpenter handhaaft terwijl de rechtszaak tegen de wet voortduurt.<\/p>\n

De uitspraak van 22 mei is een herroeping van Geraci's eigen eerdere uitspraak<\/a> van 31 december 2021 over dezelfde kwestie. Hij legde in de nieuwe uitspraak uit dat hij zijn eigen besluit herziet op basis van het precedent dat door het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof is geschapen in 303 Creative LLC t. Elenis, waarin identieke zorgen over een wet in Colorado werden behandeld.<\/p>\n

In die uitspraak uit 2023 besliste het Hooggerechtshof met 6-3<\/a> dat Colorado een webdesigner niet kon dwingen websites te maken die het homohuwelijk promoten, wat in strijd was met haar religieuze overtuigingen.<\/p>\n

Geraci schreef dat, in tegenstelling tot zijn eerdere uitspraak, het Hooggerechtshof \u201coordeelde dat de clausule over vrijheid van meningsuiting van het Eerste Amendement staten verbiedt hun wetten op openbare accommodaties toe te passen op \u2018expressieve activiteiten om meningsuiting af te dwingen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryan Neihart, die werkt als senior juridisch adviseur voor de Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), prees de beslissing. ADF en Raymond Dague van Dague Law vertegenwoordigen Carpenter in haar rechtszaak. ADF vertegenwoordigde ook 303 Creative in de baanbrekende zaak voor het Hooggerechtshof.<\/p>\n

\u201cVrijheid van meningsuiting is voor iedereen, en steeds meer rechtbanken oordelen in overeenstemming met die boodschap,\u201d aldus Neihart zei in een verklaring<\/a>. \u201cZoals het Hooggerechtshof opnieuw bevestigde in 303 Creative, kan de overheid Amerikanen niet dwingen dingen te zeggen waar ze niet in geloven.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDe Amerikaanse grondwet beschermt Emilee's vrijheid om haar eigen standpunten te uiten terwijl ze klanten van alle achtergronden en overtuigingen blijft bedienen,\u201d voegde hij eraan toe. \u201cDe districtsrechtbank heeft deze vrijheid terecht gehandhaafd en het precedent van het Hooggerechtshof gevolgd. Emilee kan nu genieten van de vrijheid om te cre\u00ebren en zichzelf uit te drukken, een vrijheid die alle Amerikanen beschermt, ongeacht hun standpunten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Het kantoor van de procureur-generaal van New York, Letitia James, vertegenwoordigt de staat in de rechtszaal. Haar kantoor reageerde niet op een verzoek om commentaar.<\/p>\n

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null \/ Credit: sergign\/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2025 \/ 15:51 pm (CNA). A federal court in New York has ordered the state to halt its enforcement of a law against a Christian photographer and blogger that would force her to express ideas on human sexuality that conflict with her religious faith. 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