A settlement has concluded four years of litigation involving New York's antidiscrimination laws and Emilee Carpenter Photography. Following a lawsuit, the state has agreed not to enforce certain provisions against Carpenter, who expressed concerns regarding being compelled to photograph same-sex weddings contrary to her beliefs. The settlement mandates the state to pay $225,000 in attorney fees. A federal judge ruled in Carpenter's favor, emphasizing her right to question clients about their service requests and maintain her religious practices.
Under the terms of the agreement, the defendants will pay $225,000 in attorney's fees stemming from the litigation first filed by Carpenter in 2021.
The judge prohibited the state from forcing 'Plaintiffs to offer to same-sex couples the same engagement- and wedding-photography services they provide to opposite-sex couples'.
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