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Contents:

• GAY UPLE WS SE AGAST FLORIST AFTER SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL
• SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN APPEAL CLASH BETWEEN FLORIST AND GAY COUPLE
• U.S. SUPREME COURT REBUFFS APPEAL BY FLORIST WHO SPURNED GAY UPLE
• US SUPREME URT REBUFFS APPEAL BY FLORIST WHO REFED TO SERVE GAY UPLE
• SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR SE OF FLORIST WHO REFED TO WORK GAY WEDDG
• WASHGTON URT L AGAST FLORIST GAY WEDDG SE
• STATE’S SE AGAST FLORIST FIR UP GAY-MARRIAGE CRICS
• I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• SUPREME COURT SPURNS BID OM WASHGTON FLORIST WHO CLED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR GAY WEDDG
• SUPREME COURT WON'T OVERTURN LG AGAST BS THAT REFED SERVICE FOR GAY WEDDGS
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• COUNTERFE GAY MARRIAGE ATTEMPT IN RSIA FAILS

GAY UPLE WS SE AGAST FLORIST AFTER SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL

"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. 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. 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.

SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN APPEAL CLASH BETWEEN FLORIST AND GAY COUPLE

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.

It backed gay rights a seri of landmark lgs culmatg the 2015 cisn legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi. The US supreme urt 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 appeal had been on hold while the supreme urt 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 urt led unanimoly on 17 June favor of Catholic Social Servic but left certa legal qutns unrolved. Then, the urt led 7-2 that Colorado "ke artist" Jack Phillips faced relig hostily om a state civil rights missn after refg to serve a gay uple's weddg celebratn. In 2013, led that the feral ernment mt regnize gay and lbian marriag the 12 stat that had legalized them.

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

A lower urt had fed Barronelle Stutzman, a florist Richland, Washgton, for nyg service to a gay uple 2013, and orred her to pay a $1, 000 fe. Stutzman had prevly sold the uple flowers and knew they were gay. The state attorney general’s surprisg lawsu agast a small florist Eastern Washgton has energized gay-marriage opponents who all but disappeared after failg to feat same-sex marriage Washgton last fall.

They are rallyg around Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers of Richland, who ced her relatnship wh J Christ clg last month to provi floral arrangements for the September weddg of two longtime gay ctomers. Lol gay-rights lears, meanwhile, have been low key their reactn to the se — even as has grabbed attentn natnally.

There’s ncern that as a handful of stat seek to legalize gay marriage, a se like this uld well provoke rentment among the so-lled “movable middle” as well as live-and-let-live typ who don’t like beg told how to n their bs. Arlene’s Flowers will undoubtedly bee a e celebre for opponents seekg to highlight what they refer to as the negative nsequenc of legalizg gay marriage.

US SUPREME URT REBUFFS APPEAL BY FLORIST WHO REFED TO SERVE GAY UPLE

Josh Fries, a spokman for Equal Rights Washgton, a gay-rights advocy group, poted out that while same-sex unns have been legal elsewhere this untry for nearly a , nflicts like this one have been few.

SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR SE OF FLORIST WHO REFED TO WORK GAY WEDDG

In the end, he said, “The issue is not about marriage, but about whether gays and lbians n go to a place of bs and expect to be served jt like everyone else. This is not about a bs clg to serve gay people, but about a bs owner who, bee of her relig nvictns, “didn’t want to be volved a same-sex marriage, ” Backholm said.

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Barronelle Stutzman, a florist Richland, Washgton, had been fed by a lower urt for nyg service to a gay uple 2013. Washgton — The Supreme Court on Friday turned away an appeal om a florist Washgton state who cled to make an arrangement for a gay uple's weddg bee of her relig beliefs, spurng another legal battle that ps relig eedom agast LGBTQ clg to hear the se of Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of Arlene's Flowers, the high urt leav place a lower urt lg that found she vlated a state civil rights law that bars discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn.

WASHGTON URT L AGAST FLORIST GAY WEDDG SE

In 2018, the jtic sent back to a lower urt light of s lg a dispute volvg Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who refed to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple.

The dispute volvg Stutzman dat back to 2013, when she cled to make a floral arrangement for a gay uple's weddg bee of her relig beliefs. ”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.

"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.

STATE’S SE AGAST FLORIST FIR UP GAY-MARRIAGE CRICS

"As a private bs the florist should be able to chose who they sell their servic to, " said Pickens, who scribed his gay uncl as "two of the most awome people I know. "The state ernment "shouldn't be forcg bs to sell products to someone, " Pickens LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, a natnal anizatn reprentg gay nservativ, told U. "I don't thk that this actn by the attorney general helps advot to make the se for civil marriage for gay upl other stat, " LaSalvia add.

I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT

"But, I want to be clear, this would not be an issue the 19 stat that don't have anti-discrimatn laws should they legalize civil marriage for gay upl. " She add: "I have hired all walks of people different circumstanc, and had the privilege of workg wh some very talented people that happen to be gay. Homosexualy is legal, although a vaguely-word 2013 law prohibs the promotn of ‘non-tradnal’ relatnships.

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SUPREME COURT SPURNS BID OM WASHGTON FLORIST WHO CLED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR GAY WEDDG

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