Supreme Court rejects florist's case
against participating in same-sex wedding
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/2/2021 12:02:16 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it would not take up a case over LGBT rights and religious liberty when it comes to same-sex weddings in a dispute brought by a florist. The high court declined to hear Barronelle Stutzman’s case after she lost at the Washington Supreme Court when the state attorney general sued her for not providing flowers from her flower shop, Arlene’s Flowers, for a same-sex wedding. The American Civil Liberties Union also filed a lawsuit against the florist on behalf of the couple. Washington’s highest court concluded she could be forced to participate in the event despite her First Amendment claim
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In Gay USA, you will provide the flowers and bake the cakes, and you'll like it. Unless you're a Muslim, in which case the predatory homosexuals and their enabling lawyers won't set you up for a lawsuit in the first place.