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I’m a florist, but I refused to do flowers for my gay friend’s wedding
WaPo ^ | 05-12-2015 | Barronelle Stutzman

Posted on 05/12/2015 1:05:51 PM PDT by NRx

I’ve been a florist in Richmond, Wash., for more than 30 years. In that time, I’ve developed close relationships with many of my clients.

One of my favorites was Rob Ingersoll. Ingersoll came in often and we’d talk. Like me, he had an artistic eye. I’d try to create really special arrangements for him. I knew he was gay, but it didn’t matter — I enjoyed his company and his creativity.

Then he asked me to create the floral arrangements for his wedding. I love Rob, and I’d always been happy to design for his special days. But there’s something different about a wedding.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: aclu; baronellestutzman; bobferguson; christians; florist; homosexualagenda; richmond; robingersoll; stutzman; washington; washingtonstate
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1 posted on 05/12/2015 1:05:51 PM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx

The God-hating left will get him for this.


2 posted on 05/12/2015 1:07:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Hell hath no fury like a bitchy fag, scorned ...


3 posted on 05/12/2015 1:08:21 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NRx

If your friend won’t sue, I’m sure someone else will manage to get standing.


4 posted on 05/12/2015 1:08:28 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: NRx

He better not do it - it would offend Muslims.


5 posted on 05/12/2015 1:08:43 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Genoa

That’s what happened to another florist lady.
Her friend didn’t sue, but some vindictive leftist AG found out about it and sued.


6 posted on 05/12/2015 1:09:46 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

I think this is her.


7 posted on 05/12/2015 1:10:14 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: NRx

I have to say that the sheer venom in the comments is breathtaking. This woman is suffering for her faith in ways that many of us may come to know before its over.


8 posted on 05/12/2015 1:10:35 PM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: NRx

Welcome to last year.


9 posted on 05/12/2015 1:11:17 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: MrB

“I’d love to do your wedding Rob, but if my Muslim customers found out about it they’d bomb the shop. I can’t risk it, I’m sorry.”


10 posted on 05/12/2015 1:11:45 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Genoa

He did sue the florist.


11 posted on 05/12/2015 1:13:43 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Argus

Sorry, Mr Vindictive Attorney General, but I’ll receive death threats ending in “Allah Akbar” if I cater the wedding.


12 posted on 05/12/2015 1:14:11 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: thackney

Right you are. Some friend.


13 posted on 05/12/2015 1:19:06 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: NRx
This woman is suffering for her faith in ways that many of us may come to know before its over.

The current "suffering" is no where near what it will be. It will soon be far, far worse.

14 posted on 05/12/2015 1:19:44 PM PDT by dware (In 2016, the GOP has 2 choices: CRUZ OR LOSE!)
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To: Genoa; thackney
". . . with their ACLU attorneys . . . "


15 posted on 05/12/2015 1:20:32 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: dware

Think “crosses” and “burned alive in cages”.


16 posted on 05/12/2015 1:21:11 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: NRx
And now, we finally know the rest of the story. I'm pleasantly surprised the Washington ComPost even printed it.
17 posted on 05/12/2015 1:22:36 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Genoa
If your friend won’t sue, I’m sure someone else will manage to get standing.

According to the article:

Even more surprising, Rob and his partner Curt, with their ACLU attorneys, filed suit shortly thereafter.

So it looks like the ACLU successfully convinced the two fags to file suit and that lifelong friendships mean nothing in the face of advancing an agenda.

18 posted on 05/12/2015 1:23:31 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: NRx

I couldn’t continue reading them. And they say we are full of hate?!


19 posted on 05/12/2015 1:25:53 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: Vigilanteman
Baronelle Stutzman's statement is a model of graciousness.

The comments after the article are amazing in their malice.

As Thomas Jefferson said (Tagline)

20 posted on 05/12/2015 1:31:40 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (To compel a man to fund the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.)
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