A photographer in Denver, Colorado, is in the hot seat after refusing to document a lesbian wedding because he claims it violates his religious beliefs.

Fiancées Anna Suhyda and Amanda Broadway have been together for nearly four years and plan to tie the knot this June, reports local ABC News affiliate Denver7. Their wedding planning process has involved plenty of prep—but when they reached out to Media Mansion, a photography and videography company that was highly rated on The Knot's wedding vendor registry, things came to an abrupt halt.

"[The owner] asked, ‘What’s your fiancée’s name?' And I said, 'Amanda.' And I could tell he kind of paused on the phone, but I thought he was maybe jotting down notes,” Suhyda told Denver7. “Then I got to work and looked at my email.”

The email read, "Unfortunately, at this time, we are not serving the LGBTQ community!", exclamation point and all.

Apparently, Benjamin Hostetter, owner of Media Mansion, has turned down multiple same-sex couples looking for wedding or engagement photographers in the Denver area, citing his "personal religious beliefs." Hostetter, who practices Christianity, says he has gay friends and "if they want to hang out and me to do a video for them, it’s totally cool. But specifically doing a project that would be against my beliefs in anything regardless of what the specifics of it is not something I want to engage in."

It's all about families, he claims, adding that there's just "not enough" conclusive evidence that two men or two women can create a happy, healthy, functional family.

Hostetter also says he views this situation as a parallel to the now-infamous Masterpiece Cakeshop legal battle, which culminated last June with a narrow Supreme Court ruling in favor of anti-gay Colorado baker Jack Phillips and his right to religious liberty. Of course, Colorado also became the first state in America to elect an openly gay man as governor, and out Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, was sworn into office earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Suhyda and Braodway say they're disappointed by Hostetter's homophobia, which felt "kind of like a punch in the gut."

"I just thought Denver was different. You know, not that he is every business, but I didn't think we'd have that here in 2019," Suhyda added. “Our relationship shouldn’t affect anybody in a negative way. So, the fact that it gets turned into that is just upsetting.”