Photographer, City of Louisville Settle Suit Over Gay Bias Ban

March 24, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC

A Christian photographer and Louisville, Ky., resolved a lawsuit alleging a city ordinance unlawfully barred her from refusing to provide her services for gay weddings.

The settlement covers $800,000 in attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, in addition to keeping a permanent injunction against the ordinance in place, the parties said in a Tuesday settlement notice filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Chelsey Nelson sued the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government in 2019 over its Fairness Ordinance, which she claimed violated her rights to religious freedom and free speech.

  • The district court awarded Nelson damages in ...

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