Privacy

New Mexico Forces Christian Photographers to Serve Gay Weddings – Elane Photography v. Willock (2013)

  In the 2013 trial, Elane Photography, LLC, v. Vanessa Willock, Willock sued Elane Photography for refusing to photograph Willock’s “commitment ceremony” i.e. wedding. The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously found that Elane–despite religious convictions against gay marriage and despite her willingness to serve gays in services Elane already provided–violated the

Privacy Penumbras Found in U.S. Constitution Protect Contraception and Abortion Decisions – Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973)

  The employment of the U.S. Constitution to protect rights not explicit in its writing took shape in the 60s around birth control and abortion laws in Connecticut, Texas and elsewhere. Two such cases were Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973). In Griswold v. Connecticut, an 1879 statute against contraceptives–which had almost