Correction: Civil Unions-Religious Battle story

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In a story Aug. 16 about an Illinois appellate court upholding the dismissal of a bed-and-breakfast's appeal of $80,000 in penalties imposed by the state for turning away a same-sex couple, The Associated Press attributed the story incorrectly. It was from The (Champaign) News-Gazette, not The State Journal-Register.

A corrected version of the story is below:

Appellate court upholds dismissal of B&B's appeal

An Illinois appellate court has upheld a decision to dismiss a bed-and-breakfast's appeal of $80,000 in penalties imposed by the state's Human Rights Commission for turning away a same-sex couple

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois appellate court has upheld a decision to dismiss a bed-and-breakfast's appeal of $80,000 in penalties imposed by the state's Human Rights Commission for turning away a same-sex couple.

The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports the court entered an order Wednesday denying a motion filed on behalf of Jim Walder, co-owner the Timber Creek Bed & Breakfast in Paxton.

The Human Rights Commission last year found Walder violated the civil rights of Todd and Mark Wathen by refusing to host their civil-union ceremony in 2011. He then sent them a series of emails denouncing homosexuality as "wrong and unnatural."

Attorney Jason Craddock asked the appellate court to vacate its dismissal of the appeal, reinstate the case and reconsider a previously filed extension to file a brief.

The Wathens' attorneys noted the case's dismissal was based on "a series of failures to comply with deadlines and rules violations."

Craddock said he would continue to contest the decision.

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Information from: The News-Gazette, http://www.news-gazette.com