If someone won’t serve you find someone else that will.
If someone won’t serve you but gives you a list of those that will, be polite, take the list and walk away. Someone will work with your for your need and your money.
It’s that simple – PB/TK
Unanimous Ruling In Washington State Supreme Court Against Arlene’s Flowers Owner – 02/16/2017 01:27 pm ET |
The Washington State Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Richland florist Barronelle Stutzman discriminated against a same-sex couple by not providing flowers for their wedding in the Arlene’s Flowers lawsuit. The opinion came on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.
Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed were preparing for their wedding in 2013 when they approached florist Stutzman at Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, WA, to provide bouquets for their ceremony. She declined, citing her religious beliefs prevented her from accepting their money to provide the services.
The couple and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued Stutzman for violating Washington state’s law protecting against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. They won the suit and Stutzman was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. She then countersued.
THE OPINION
The Washington State Supreme Court’s opinion read, in part: “In 2012, our state legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6239, which recognized equal civil marriage rights for same-sex couples. Freed proposed marriage to Ingersoll that same year. The two intended to marry on their ninth anniversary, in September 2013, and were ‘excited about organizing [their] wedding.’ Their plans included inviting “[a] hundred plus” guests to celebrate with them at Bella Fiori Gardens, complete with a dinner or reception, a photographer, a caterer, a wedding cake, and flowers.”
The opinion continued, “By the time he and Freed became engaged, Ingersoll had been a customer at Arlene’s Flowers for at least nine years, purchasing numerous floral arrangements from Stutzman and spending an estimated several thousand dollars at her shop. Stutzman is the owner and president of Arlene’s Flowers. She employs approximately 10 people, depending on the season, including three floral designers, one of whom is herself. Stutzman knew that Ingersoll is gay and that he had been in a relationship with Freed for several years. The two men considered Arlene’s Flowers to be ‘[their] florist.’ Stutzman is an active member of the Southern Baptist church. It is uncontested that her sincerely held religious beliefs include a belief that marriage can exist only between one man and one woman.”
Continue to huffingtonpost.com article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/unanimous-ruling-in-washington-state-supreme-court_us_58a5ecb3e4b0fa149f9ac2e3
