U.S. Supreme Court may soon take case of Christian florist sued for rejecting gay ‘wedding’

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: LIFE SITE NEWS

URL: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-supreme-court-may-soon-take-case-of-christian-florist-sued-for-rejecti

by Calvin Freiburger


 The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to soon decide the next step in another high-profile religious liberty case, days after affirming that Colorado discriminated against a Christian small business owner.

On Monday, the court ruled 7-2 that Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips was denied a fair hearing by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which the court found to have displayed anti-religious animus. Many are hailing the decision for its vindication of religious liberty in Phillips’ case, and others fear it may allow other regulators to coerce participation in same-sex “marriages,” as long as they don’t make hostile public statements while doing so.

One of the first tests of what the ruling means for future cases will most likely be Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington.

Washington Attorney General General Bob Ferguson sued florist Barronelle Stutzman for refusing to provide flowers for a customer’s same-sex ceremony. Stutzman had previously served the customer’s every other request for years, and has employed homosexual workers, but her Christian faith compelled her to draw a distinction between serving all individuals and lending her artistic endorsement to celebrations of homosexual union.

The Washington Supreme Court ruled last year that the government may force Christians to serve same-sex “weddings,” and in July 2017, the conservative Alliance

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[WingNot]

I hope they are as decisive in the their ruling as with the cake baker decision  last week. </s

[INVAR]

The Washington Supreme Court ruled last year that the government may force Christians to serve same-sex “weddings,”

Not even King George III visited such overt and evil tyranny upon the Colonists.

They gonna have to put guns to our heads and shoot us into mass graves before we comply.

It is better to obey God than men.

[goatprairie]

Not even King George III visited such overt and evil tyranny upon the Colonists.

They gonna have to put guns to our heads and shoot us into mass graves before we comply.

It is better to obey God than men.

Yes, but it should still be a fundamental right of a business  to create and sell their product the way they want without being forced to make something they don't want to....whether it's for a religious reason, a non-religious reason, or no reason whatsoever.    Their response to a demand should be able to be  "sorry, we don't do that....you'll have to go somewhere else, or make it yourself."

[roamer_1]

Yes, but it should still be a fundamental right of a business  to create and sell their product the way they want without being forced to make something they don't want to....whether it's for a religious reason, a non-religious reason, or no reason whatsoever.    Their response to a demand should be able to be  "sorry, we don't do that....you'll have to go somewhere else, or make it yourself."

Exactly right.
 

[INVAR]

Yes, but it should still be a fundamental right of a business  to create and sell their product the way they want without being forced to make something they don't want to....whether it's for a religious reason, a non-religious reason, or no reason whatsoever.    Their response to a demand should be able to be  "sorry, we don't do that....you'll have to go somewhere else, or make it yourself."

We no longer live in that kind of society.  We live in a country where perverts and the downtrodden are perpetually aggrieved and offended and use the state and the courts to force everyone to give them what they want, when they want it, exactly how they want it.

To tell someone to go somewhere else to get their cake celebrating homosexual deviancy is.... criminal.

It will not be just cakes and businesses that get punished for refusing to serve homos and causes one finds disgusting.  Soon it will be to punish how you think and believe dare you opine ideas contrary to the Thought Police.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Yes, but it should still be a fundamental right of a business  to create and sell their product the way they want without being forced to make something they don't want to....whether it's for a religious reason, a non-religious reason, or no reason whatsoever.    Their response to a demand should be able to be  "sorry, we don't do that....you'll have to go somewhere else, or make it yourself."

Ah ... those days are long over.  The first anti-discrimination law created a protected class of citizens and this class has expanded exponentially during the last 50 years.  The protected classes are beyond the reach of the long accepted "fundamental right of a business". 

I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to declare Christianity a "protected class" than prove Christians are not using their religion as a smokescreen for illegal discrimination (which is what's suspected).