Christian Videographers Won’t Have to Film Same-Sex Weddings

Minnesota’s antidiscrimination law takes a back seat to the First Amendment rights of videographers who don’t want to film same-sex weddings, the Eighth Circuit said Aug. 23.

Minnesota doesn’t have a compelling interest in regulating discriminatory or hurtful speech, the opinion by Judge David R. Stras said.

Christian videographers Carl and Angel Larsen say they’ll “gladly work” with same-sex couples. They just don’t want to film their weddings, the court said.

Instead, the couple wants to make videos of weddings that promote their religious view that marriage is a “sacrificial covenant between one man and one woman.” Under Minnesota’s antidiscrimination ...