U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs appeal by florist who spurned gay uple | Rters

Contents:

• SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN APPEAL CLASH BETWEEN FLORIST AND GAY COUPLE
• GAY UPLE WS SE AGAST FLORIST AFTER SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL
• U.S. SUPREME COURT REBUFFS APPEAL BY FLORIST WHO SPURNED GAY UPLE
• SUPREME COURT WON'T OVERTURN LG AGAST BS THAT REFED SERVICE FOR GAY WEDDGS
• SUPREME COURT GRANTS APPEAL OF FLORIST WHO REFED TO SERVE GAY WEDDG
• CHRISTIAN FLORIST AGRE TO PAY $5K TO END LAWSU OVER REFAL TO SERVE GAY WEDDG
• FLORIST FAC SEND LAWSU OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’ REFAL
• FLORIST FAC SEND LAWSU OVER GAY WEDDG REFAL

SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN APPEAL CLASH BETWEEN FLORIST AND GAY COUPLE

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe jtic let stand a gay uple’s victory agast a florist who said her relig beliefs did not allow her to create floral arrangements for same-sex Thompson/Associated PrsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Friday that would not hear an appeal om a florist Washgton State who said she had a nstutnal right to refe to create a floral arrangement for a same-sex weddg. The move left open a qutn the urt last nsired 2018, when a siar dispute between a Colorado baker and a gay uple failed to yield a five is s ctom, the urt did not give reasons for clg to hear the se, which social nservativ had hoped the jtic would e to make a clearer statement favorg relig beliefs over gay rights.

Gorsuch said they would have granted the florist’s petn seekg Supreme Court urts have generally sid wh gay and lbian upl who were refed service, lg that they are entled to equal treatment, at least parts of the untry wh laws forbiddg discrimatn based on sexual owners of bs challengg those laws have argued that the ernment should not force them to choose between the requirements of their fahs and their livelihoods, cg nstutnal protectns for ee speech and relig se ncerng the florist, Arlene’s Flowers v. More about Adam LiptakA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 16 of the New York edn wh the headle: Jtic Reject Appeal by Florist Who Decled to Serve Gay Couple for Weddg.

"The adjuditory bodi that nsired this se did not act wh relig anim when they led that the florist and her rporatn vlated the Washgton Law Agast Discrimatn by clg to sell weddg flowers to a gay uple, and they did not act wh relig anim when they led that such discrimatn is not privileged or exced by the Uned Stat Constutn or the Washgton Constutn, " the urt wrote.

GAY UPLE WS SE AGAST FLORIST AFTER SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL

Supreme Court on Friday cled to hear an appeal by a florist fed by Washgton state for refg to make a flower arrangement for a same-sex weddg due to her Christian beliefs, sisteppg another major se ptg gay rights agast relig lg 2018 favor of a Colorado baker who refed to make a weddg ke for two men for relig reasons, the jtic turned away an appeal by Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers the cy of Richland, after a lower urt upheld Washgton's actn.

Stutzman refed service to gay uple Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed of the urt's six nservative jtic - Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alo and Neil Gorsuch - said they would have heard the appeal had been on hold while the Supreme Court nsired a separate relig rights se volvg a Catholic Church-affiliated agency that sued after the cy of Philalphia refed to place children for foster re wh the anizatn bee barred same-sex upl om applyg to be foster parents.

U.S. SUPREME COURT REBUFFS APPEAL BY FLORIST WHO SPURNED GAY UPLE

It backed gay rights a seri of landmark lgs culmatg the 2015 cisn legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi. ”Ria Tabac Mar, an Amerin Civil Liberti Unn lawyer who reprented the gay uple, said the nial is a remr that “no one should walk to a store and have to wonr whether they will be turned away bee of who they are.

SUPREME COURT WON'T OVERTURN LG AGAST BS THAT REFED SERVICE FOR GAY WEDDGS

"The First Amendment vlatns mt stop, ” they the ACLU, reprentg Washgton state, said Stutzman is not required to participate any actual same-sex weddg state also told the urt that the florist ref to prepare any flower arrangement for the weddg of a gay or lbian uple, even if the arrangement is intil to one the shop’s employe would prepare for a heterosexual uple. "It is th clear that their objectn is not to any 'msage' sent by the flowers themselv, but rather to the msage they perceive would be sent by servg a gay uple, " lawyers for the state ACLU said urts have repeatedly led that there is no right to be exempt, on relig eedom grounds, om general laws that are not enacted to disfavor relig beliefs.

SUPREME COURT GRANTS APPEAL OF FLORIST WHO REFED TO SERVE GAY WEDDG

Supreme Court on Monday granted the appeal of a Washgton state florist who was fed after she refed to sell flowers to a gay uple for their weddg, and the urt erased a lower urt lg agast move me after the urt gave a narrow victory on June 4 to a Colorado baker who refed to make a ke for a gay weddg. That cisn affected only him and offered no guidance on how to referee siar disput between same-sex upl and bs owners who ce relig objectns refg to serve 's actn sends the florist's se back to the Washgton state urts "for further nsiratn light" of the cisn the baker se, which offered ltle guidance on how to balance gay rights and relig eedom. Barronelle Stutzman, a florist Richland, Washgton, had been fed by a lower urt for nyg service to a gay uple 2013.

CHRISTIAN FLORIST AGRE TO PAY $5K TO END LAWSU OVER REFAL TO SERVE GAY WEDDG

Stutzman had prevly sold the uple flowers and knew they were gay.

Smh phed back on a Colorado law that she felt would require her to make servic available to gay upl seekg help creatg weddg webs although same-sex weddgs ntradict the teachgs of her summer, the U. Stutzman had sold Ingersoll flowers for nearly a and knew he was gay.

FLORIST FAC SEND LAWSU OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’ REFAL

“Can the state require a pater to pat a portra of a gay uple?

FLORIST FAC SEND LAWSU OVER GAY WEDDG REFAL

“She simply don’t believe ‘gay marriage.

A florist Washgton is beg sued for a send time after choosg not to provi flower arrangements for a gay ctomer's upg weddg. "Can the state require a pater to pat a portra of a gay uple?

"She simply don't believe gay marriage.