Hitching Post Suit Dismissal Sought

The city of Coeur d’Alene is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the owners of the Hitching Post wedding chapel who claim the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance violates their religious right to refuse to marry gay couples. Hitching Post Weddings, owned by Donald and Evelyn Knapp, is a religious corporation that is exempt from the nondiscrimination ordinance, a Boise law firm argued in the city’s motion this week to dismiss the suit. The Knapps and their business “will not be in violation of the ordinance if they refuse to perform same-sex weddings,” attorney Kirtlan Naylor wrote in the filing/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.

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