The city of Louisville will pay $800,000 to settle a lawsuit with a wedding photographer who challenged the city’s Fairness Ordinance. Chelsey Nelson had a photography business and argued that the so-called Fairness ordinance wasn’t fair to everyone, and in her case—her religious convictions. So she sued on religious freedom grounds. Nelson argued that the law would force her to photograph same-sex weddings and restrict what she could say about her beliefs. A federal court ultimately ruled in her favor. As a result, the city agreed to cover her legal fees to end the case. A reminder that when local ordinances—even if well intended—conflict with constitutional protections like religious freedom, theirs often a high cost involved.