A federal judge in Michigan has sided with an apple orchard that sued after it was banned from a city farmer’s market because it refuses to host same-sex weddings. The Detroit News reports that Judge Paul Maloney ruled that East Lansing’s anti-discrimination policy for farmer’s market vendors violated the free exercise clause of the Constitution. “Plaintiffs were forced to choose between following their religious beliefs and a government benefit for which they were otherwise qualified,” he wrote in his decision. The city said it is deciding whether or not to appeal the decision.
Read it at The Detroit News
