A wedding planner in Arizona has refused to provide their services to a lesbian couple. <br />The move comes just a month after same-sex marriage became law in the state, after a judge ruled that the state’s marriage ban was unconstitutional. <br /> <br />Phoenix lesbians Crystal Allen and Kenyata White were preparing for their December wedding when they contacted wedding planner Susan Latimer of AffordableWeddingMinister. <br />However, the couple were shocked to find that they had been rejected by the company – because they are lesbians. <br /> <br />Latimer told the couple: “We are very uncomfortable with same-sex marriage as it is directly against our beliefs. We would not be a very good fit.” <br /> <br />The couple have no legal recourse, as Phoenix’s non-discrimination ordinance includes an exemption for religious freedom – even though Latimer’s website clearly offers “religious and non religious ceremony choices”. <br /> <br />Wedding planner Susan Latimer responded, saying: <br />“No matter what I say to you I believe it will be twisted by the media,. <br /> <br />By the stroke of one federal judge’s pen we are being dictated what the state says moral law should be. This goes directly against God’s laws and 80% of Arizona voters in 2008.” <br /> <br />“There is a war on those who believe in Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. <br /> <br />“Why is my freedom being taken away? I feel same-sex marriage is wrong and have every right to have feelings just like they do. <br /> <br />“I wouldn’t want someone who is opposed to the way I live my life involved in my marriage ceremony in any way.”
