Dear Dr. Moore,
I am an evangelical Christian, and I work as a wedding
photographer. By conscience, I hold to an orthodox view of human
sexuality, with all that entails. I’ve been asked to photograph a
same-sex wedding service (legal in my state), and I’ve said no. I wonder
if I did the right thing.
After all, this is a business, providing a service. Would it be
right for me to refuse to serve a gay couple if I owned a restaurant? I
don’t think so. If a same-sex marriage isn’t a marriage at all (as the
historic Christian view teaches), then how is this different from just
photographing people at a birthday party or community festival (in which
case it wouldn’t matter what’s happening with them sexually).
Moreover, I’m not sure that photographing an event is an
endorsement of that event. I have photographed weddings of people who
were divorced (and I didn’t investigate the background), people who were
probably cohabiting, people who were most likely unequally yoked to one
another, and so on.
So I’m kind of caught. My conscience bothers me because I turned
this couple down, and my conscience will bother me if I photograph this
wedding. What do you think?
The Wedding Photographer
Dear WP, See Russell D. Moore's answer HERE
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