Judge Paul Maloney, for the U.S District Court for the Western District of Michigan, ruled Monday that the city of East Lansing’s actions against Country Mill Farms constituted a violation of the free exercise clause.

“The city’s decision to exclude Country Mill Farms from the 2017 East Lansing Farmer’s Market constituted a burden on plaintiffs’ religious beliefs,” Maloney wrote, The Brunswick News reported.

“Plaintiffs were forced to choose between following their religious beliefs and a government benefit for which they were otherwise qualified.”

[I’ve interviewed ADF attorneys on a couple of occasions about this case. The city barred the Catholic owners from access to the municipal market because they would not host same-sex weddings in addition to traditional weddings. Let’s see if the city wants to waste money on an appeal. — Ed]