$6,600 Fine for Not Photographing a Gay Wedding

In a follow-up to this post, the New Mexico "Human Rights Commission" has ordered a Christian photographer to pay at $6,600 fine because she refused to photograph a gay wedding:

Photographers Denied the Freedom To Choose What They Photograph:

Elaine Huguenin co-owns Elane Photography with her husband. The bulk of Elane's work is done by Elaine, though she subcontracts some of the work some of the time. Elane refused to photograph Vanessa Willock's same-sex commitment ceremonies, and just today the New Mexico Human Rights Commission held that this violated state antidiscrimination law. Elane has been ordered to pay over $6600 in attorney's fees and costs.

...the New Mexico government is now telling Huguenin that she must create art works that she does not choose to create. There’s no First Amendment case squarely on point, but this does seem pretty close to the cases in which the Court held that the government may not compel people to express views that they do not endorse (the flag salute case, West Va. Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette, and the license plate slogan case, Wooley v. Maynard).

I hope somebody backs this lady in an appeal because this ruling is simply outrageous. Why shouldn't every gay couple in New Mexico go to this same photographer to collect their $6,600 if she won't photograph their "wedding"? A businessperson should have a right to work for whomever they choose and for any reason they choose. It's called freedom.