Posted on 03/28/2015 9:12:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A judge in Washington state on Friday fined a florist $1,000 after she refused to sell flower arrangements for a gay couple's wedding, officials said.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who along with the couple - Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed - sued florist Barronelle Stutzman in 2013, applauded the ruling in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at ottawasun.com ...
The State Attorney General went out of his way to hit this woman hard to force her to be a participant in something she abhors.
It’s something that has never passed in any vote. The populace at large abhors it too.
Yet this man had to use the power of the State to hurt her.
The people of Washington should hang their heads in shame for letting this happen.
"Not serving sinnners" --- this woman says her shop has supplied flowers purchased by gays for birthdays, graduations and other kinds of occasions --- so she's not discriminating against gays as such, as general customers.
Where she draws a line is when she is expected to recognize their "wedding" and help them celebrate it. Flowers are expressive of joy in this event: it is participation in, or sharing in the celebration of this event that the lady says she cannot do in good conscience.
If a customer wanted a floral arrangement for Celebrate Ku Klux Klan Day or Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler --- or even, say, for the the Westboro Baptist Church (Phelps and his freakish family) adorned with a ribbon that says "God Hates Fags" --- is a florist obliged to cooperate with this expressive behavior whether the florist wants to or not?
Does a T-shirt printer have to print stuff for ISIS?
Can you blame her? LOL
Private businesses will still be free to bar firearms with or without constitutional carry.
From her FaceBook page, Arlene’s Flowers https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arlenes-Flowers/179760432044760:
Arlene’s Flowers
February 20 ·
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There have been a few questions on how to support Arlene’s Flowers and Barronelle at this time and here are a few options,
You can contact the Attorney General Bob Ferguson at 360-753-6200 to express your support of the constitutional rights of Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of Arlene’s Flowers.
We have set up a PayPal account for those who would like to donate to the Arlene’s Flowers Defense Fund. To locate this you can visit our website www.arlenesflowers.com and at the bottom of the home page is a donate button.
We also have an account set up with our local Key Bank but you can go into any of your local Key Banks and request to make a donation to the Arlene’s Flowers Defense Fund.
You can always mail a letter of encouragement to 1177 Lee Blvd., Richland, WA 99352.
We thank you for all your support.
Wow, she refused to take any kind of payment or donation? Just buy something then and don’t tell her what it’s for. I’ll try to buy flowers for my Mom..
Private property. They have a right to do that.
Because leftists suffer from arrested mental development they are like adolescents stuck in the third grade. They insist upon group-think with a central authority to enforce compliance. The idea of a right of free association never occurs to them.
Hypothetical propositions like “floral arrangement for Celebrate Ku Klux Klan Day or Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler” are greeted with “Go ahead - I dare you!” from the left. They don’t understand that we prefer not to associate with them - especially for such pitiful and small-minded reasons as forcing the issue with them.
As we’ve seen the opposite is true - they fall all over themselves to force themselves and their perversions on us.
The Judge, Ekstrom, is a recent appointee from the Liberal west side by Gov. Inslee -bleeding heart, global warming liberal.
Ekstrom is up for confirmation in a coming election.
May be a chance to donate to a recall movement.
The woman who owns the flower shop operates on public property?
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Thanks for the link. Sending a few bucks in her direction!
What’s crazy is that the gay couple had bought flowers from her before while they were dating and were on friendly terms with her. When they asked her for wedding flowers, she tried to break it to them as gently as she could that she wouldn’t buy able to fulfill their request for religious reasons. She even gave them the names of other florists. Apparently she was truly hurt when they went after her like they did. Their behavior really is astonishing. Who would do that to somebody? The whole episode is hugely revealing. It shows how screwed up the mindset of the gay rights crowd is. They are pathological and fully deserve to be opposed.
Just so happens a lady friend of mine has a birthday this coming Wednesday.
It seems like we all need to make a copy of a Mohammad cartoon, and take it to our nearest Muslim printer and have him make a hundred copies.
Why don’t those at the “gay wedding” service each other?
There was someone here who had a clever way for florists, bakers, etc. to get around this law. Just offer your services only for holy matrimony. Don’t even offer it for marriage or weddings. Then you can decide what constitutes holy matrimony using your definition.
It seems like we all need to make a copy of a Mohammad cartoon, and take it to our nearest Muslim printer and have him make a hundred copies.
self-ping
and people protest Governor Pence of Indiana signing a bill to prevent such happenings here....kudos
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