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Posted on 11/19/2021 8:16:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
After nearly a decade of litigation, Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman has agreed to settle with the same-sex couple who sued her for refusing to serve their wedding.
The couple, Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed, were apparently unable to find any other florists for their same-sex wedding and will be paid $5,000 in exchange for no longer pursuing any damages against Stutzman’s business or personal assets.
Stutzman, a 76-year-old grandmother, told Fox News that she’s retiring and leaving her business to its employees.
“We’re all in trouble – whether we’re religious or not – when we don’t have the freedom to live consistent with our faith and our beliefs, when I don’t have the freedom to run my business according to my beliefs, live my life according to my beliefs,” she said. “Rob and Curt have every right to live the way they do and the way they feel with their beliefs, and I’m just asking for that same [right].”
The case has been litigated since 2013. It seems likely that if Ingersoll and Freed had put 1/1024th the effort looking for another florist as they did trying to punish Stutzman for her beliefs they could have found one. Instead, they, with the help of the ACLU, seem to care more about attacking religious liberty.
Stutzman had asked the Supreme Court to take up the case, but the court declined. Stutzman then decided it was time to step aside and let other religious liberty cases make their way through the courts. Stutzman nevertheless maintains that her faith is “not for sale.”
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“It’s just about love!”
The gaystapo wins again.
Have any gay couples tried to order a wedding cake at a Muslim-owned bakery?
Just curious.
Of course it was never about the flowers. Pure evil.
We all need to be understanding here. Do you guys know how hard it is to fins a gay florist? /s
This gay couple will find no satisfaction in the end. You don’t destroy people’s lives without consequences. Those consequences may be well hidden. But they are there nonetheless.
I’m awful sorry, but we only provide Wedding Service arrangements for Members of our Private Club, you can fill out an application and submit it to our committee along with the application fee and required documents...
Evil is a bully. Sexcual degenerate minds are so easily taken over by evil.
Karma will win in the end.
For years stupid Christians have ardently opposed the right of people to associate and trade only with those whom they choose.
Now they whine about this. Hypocrites.
If not for hatred, the liberal establishment would have nothing to offer.
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So tired of the BS from these self-loathing narcissists.
Rhetorical question I am sure ... but should some queers decide to approach a muslim owned bakery, they had better check that the roof is not too far from the street. A muslim bakery on the top floor of a ten story building ...
They couldn’t find another florist able to serve their “wedding”? I don’t understand.
Homosexual acts should be illegal everywhere.
Excuse me, but I think your child is playing in the street.
If they keep following their current path, Rob and Curt have a big surprise awaiting for them when they meet their maker.
Someone ought to burn their house down.
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