The U.S. Supreme Court leaves a lower court ruling in place for a photographer who refused to shoot a same-sex commitment ceremony, NBC News reported. The Supreme Court, declining to take up the photographer's appeal finds that the she violated a state anti-discrimination law. Elane Huguenin of Albuquerque, refused to photograph the ceremony on religious grounds, her appeal was based on a claim that her right of free expression as a creative artist allowed her to reject a client if the assignment would compel her to express an idea she opposes.

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