That’s not how the story comes across...
I said:
It is possible that the fag was buying flowers for his mother’s birthday, or a sick friend, or something similar. She didn’t refuse to sell flowers to him because he was gay. She refused to have one of her arrangements be a part of a gay wedding. She doesn’t hate the person, but she refuses to endorse the perverted ceremony.
From the article:
Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington, refused to provide flowers for a gay friend’s same-sex wedding.
The gay guy was a friend of hers, but she refused to sell flowers for his wedding. So she doesn't hate the person, but refused to have any role in the ceremony.
From the article:
At the time of his engagement, Ingersoll had been a customer of Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts for at least nine years. Stutzman, an active member of a Southern Baptist church who believed that marriage can exist only between a man and a woman, knew that Ingersoll was gay and in a relationship with Freed.
She clearly has sold products to this person before. However, she does not accept gay marriage as a legitimate practice. She sold him flowers in the past - I don't know what the purpose of each of his purchases was for, but I think it is a fair assumption that it was for the usual things people buy flowers for.
From the article:
Stutzman said she “draws a distinction between creating floral arrangements — even those designed by someone else — and selling bulk flowers and ‘raw materials,’ which she would be happy to do for Ingersoll and Freed.” But she said she believes that “to create floral arrangements is to use her ‘imagination and artistic skill to intimately participate in a same-sex wedding ceremony.’”
Once again, she doesn't refuse to do business with the person in general - just refuses to create artistic works for use in a gay wedding ceremony.
From the article:
Stutzman contended that her floral arrangements were “artistic expressions protected by the state and federal constitutions and that the WLAD impermissibly compels her to speak in favor of same-sex marriage.”
She clearly feels that being forced to create arrangements specifically for use in gay weddings is forcing her to condone and support gay weddings, and as such she refuses to do so.