red states rule
05-12-2013, 12:29 PM
Once again, we have a couple of "offended" gays - a liberal state - and the AC:U out to destroy a Christian business owner who refused to sell flowers to a gay couple.
So much for all that "tolerance" we are told the left has
Flowers may not discriminate, but people are another matter.
The American Civil Liberties Union joined the state of Washington by filing its own lawsuit on Thursday against Arlene’s Flowers and its proprietor, Barronelle Stutzman, over the woman’s refusal to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding.
On March 1, Robert Ingersoll entered the shop in Richland, a small town approximately 200 miles from Seattle, where he had been buying flowers for years. When he informed Stutzman he was getting married to his boyfriend, Curt Freed, the store owner stopped him cold.
“He said he decided to get married, and before he got through I grabbed his hand and said, ‘I am sorry. I can't do your wedding because of my relationship with Jesus Christ,’" Stutzman told KEPRTV News (http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Florist-refuses-to-service-same-sex-marriage-195500961.html?tab=video&c=y).
Gay marriage was made legal by the voters of Washington in the 2012 election, but protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation have been established in the state since 2006. As a result, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit last week against Arlene’s Flowers.
The ACLU then filed a civil suit after Stutzman ignored its demand that she apologize to the couple, donate $5,000 to a youth center affiliated with the gay community, and agree to sell flowers regardless of the sexual orientation of her customers.
“Because she refused to sell flowers to Mr. Ingersoll and Mr. Freed for their wedding,” the ACLU’s website states, “defendant Barronelle Stutzman aided Arlene’s Flowers in violating the Washington Law Against Discrimination by discriminating against the Plaintiffs on the basis of their sexual orientation.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/flower-shop-sued-shunning-gay-wedding-article-1.1321259#ixzz2T71zmYRS
So much for all that "tolerance" we are told the left has
Flowers may not discriminate, but people are another matter.
The American Civil Liberties Union joined the state of Washington by filing its own lawsuit on Thursday against Arlene’s Flowers and its proprietor, Barronelle Stutzman, over the woman’s refusal to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding.
On March 1, Robert Ingersoll entered the shop in Richland, a small town approximately 200 miles from Seattle, where he had been buying flowers for years. When he informed Stutzman he was getting married to his boyfriend, Curt Freed, the store owner stopped him cold.
“He said he decided to get married, and before he got through I grabbed his hand and said, ‘I am sorry. I can't do your wedding because of my relationship with Jesus Christ,’" Stutzman told KEPRTV News (http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Florist-refuses-to-service-same-sex-marriage-195500961.html?tab=video&c=y).
Gay marriage was made legal by the voters of Washington in the 2012 election, but protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation have been established in the state since 2006. As a result, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit last week against Arlene’s Flowers.
The ACLU then filed a civil suit after Stutzman ignored its demand that she apologize to the couple, donate $5,000 to a youth center affiliated with the gay community, and agree to sell flowers regardless of the sexual orientation of her customers.
“Because she refused to sell flowers to Mr. Ingersoll and Mr. Freed for their wedding,” the ACLU’s website states, “defendant Barronelle Stutzman aided Arlene’s Flowers in violating the Washington Law Against Discrimination by discriminating against the Plaintiffs on the basis of their sexual orientation.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/flower-shop-sued-shunning-gay-wedding-article-1.1321259#ixzz2T71zmYRS