Right to Gay Wedding Photography Protected by HRA

As a guardian ad litem (GAL) and domestic relations mediator in New Mexico, I am keenly interested in legal cases of first impression involving family and home issues.  In a case involving the intersection of competing personal rights, the New Mexico Court of Appeals recently concluded that a professional wedding photographer's refusal--on personal and religious grounds--to photograph a same-sex commitment  ceremony constitutes a violation of NMSA 1978, Section 28-1-7(F) (2004) of the New Mexico Human Rights Act" (NMHRA or HRA).  See Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock, 2012-NMCA-086, cert. granted. Aug. 16, 2012, No. 33,687.

Willock first filed a discrimination claim against Elane Photography with the Human Rights