In Chelsey Nelson Photography, LLC v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Gov't., (WD KY, Sept. 30, 2025), in a case that has been in litigation for over five years, a Kentucky federal district court held that a Christian wedding photographer who has moral and religious objections to photographing same-sex marriages is entitled to $1 in nominal damages for the injury she suffered through a credible threat of enforcement and the chilling effect on her speech of Louisville's Fairness Ordinance. The Ordinance prohibits a business from denying services to an individual based on the person's sexual orientation, and from advertising that it will engage in such discrimination. ADF issued a press release announcing the decision.
