Posted on 07/02/2021 8:30:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to hear a case from a Christian florist challenging Washington state law which forced her to provide her services for same-sex weddings.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Thomas Alito, and Neil Gorsuch declared their willingness to hear the case but other conservative-leaning Justices such as Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett did not join the vote putting the case below the threshold necessary for a ruling.
That case is Arlene's Flowers v. Washington. Justices Thomas, Alito & Gorsuch indicate that they voted to hear the case. Because it takes four votes to hear a case, that means the other six justices chose not to take it up.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) July 2, 2021
Washington state and the American Civil Liberties Union first sued florist Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington in 2013 for refusing to design flower arrangements for a gay couple’s wedding because of her faith-based objections.
The florist served gay customers Curt Freed and Robert Ingersoll for “nearly 10 years” but when she drew the line at supplying flowers for their wedding ceremony, the Washington attorney general banned Stutzman from “discriminating” against gay couples. The Washington Supreme Court upheld the ban, even after SCOTUS asked the state’s court to keep the landmark Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling into account.
Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner called the outcome “tragic” in a statement.
“No one should be forced to express a message or celebrate an event they disagree with. A government that can crush someone like Barronelle, who kindly served her gay customer for nearly a decade but simply declined to create art celebrating one sacred ceremony, can use its power to crush any of us regardless of our political ideology or views on important issues like marriage,” Waggoner said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Traitors Four
Could I go to a Jewish florist and ask for some flowers to celebrate Hitler’s Birthday?
freedom of religion becomes freedom of worship
you can be a Christian within the walls of your church but not in the public square
SCOTUS Roulette.... It seems the odds no longer favor the general public.
Just like ancient ROME.............................
Oddly enough, no muslim bakers have been sued by the Lavender Mafia.
I wonder why??
Homosexuals seem to have gained special privilege no one else has. Time to put the turd buglers back in the closet.
Of course the apology won't be a sincere one...but when dealing with devious perverts sincerity isn't really called for,
I predict that there will be a response in the market of having a “membership” for these private companies. If you want anything more that what is on the shelf, you will have to be a member. The business reserves the right to accept or decline membership to any person for any reason.
I prefer the term; fudge packers.
Go to a gay florist , ask them to make floral arrangement for someone known to oppose gay lifestyle and its’ consequences and sue them if they don’t. See how the double standard is applied.
fight fire with fire- people need to go to gay owned or liberal owned bakeries/floral arrangements and ask for MAGA cakes, cupcakes, floral arrangements.
The leftist Democrat Marxist to bar tries to put forth homosexuality in every single way that they can
Notice how they never use the term homosexual. Ever
They use LGBTQRXYZ
They have tried to turn gender dysphoria into a heralded desired mental statem
Truly demented these people are
Not a lawyer, but it sounds to me like the Masterpiece Cake case would absolutely be precedent for this case. Why would it not be?
They would get violent and you would be arrested for hate crimes....................
How did we seat such COWARDS?!
Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett should no longer be conisdered as conservative or even conservative-leaning.
Kavanaugh and Barrettt have now removed their masks of deceit and treachery.
Because it was about artistic expression...or something, which is anything that someone wants to do. What a case.
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