Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene's Flowers said she will turn the 'struggle for freedom over to others' after settling with Curt Freed and Robert Ingersoll.
Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene's Flowers said she will turn the"struggle for freedom over to others" after settling with Curt Freed and Robert Ingersoll.RICHLAND, Wash. — A florist in Washington state who was in an eight-year legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court will retire after settling with the same-sex couple whose wedding job she refused.
The agreement allows Stutzman to “preserve her conscience” by not forcing her to act against her Southern Baptist religious beliefs, according to a news release from her attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom. They reached the settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU brought the anti-discrimination lawsuit against Stutzman in 2013 on behalf of Ingersoll and Freed.Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued separately, saying the floral artist violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act by declining to provide services based on sexual orientation.
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