(Photo: Alliance Defending Freedom)Īn appeals court has ruled in favor of Christian filmmakers who had been told by Minnesota officials that they could not refuse to make videos for same-sex weddings on the grounds of religious objections.Ī three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit decided last Friday that the Minnesota Human Rights Act violated the First Amendment rights of Carl and Angel Larsen of Telescope Media Group.
2016, the Larsens filed suit against a state law that would compel them to film same-sex wedding ceremonies despite their religious objections. Carl and Angel Larsen, the couple who owns the Minnesota-based Telescope Media Group.